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South Dakota: Mount Rushmore

Aug/10/10 Filed in: Vacations
Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a fascinating place surrounded by controversy, but take all of the politics away and you have an incredible achievement befitting of both the men who carved it and the men whose face the monument bears. Here are a few select shots of our visit.

One-lane tunnel
One-lane tunnel		 Rushmore through double tunnel
Rushmore through double tunnel		 Devin on bluff
Devin on bluff		 Boys approaching a bluff
Boys approaching a bluff
Boys approaching a bluff
Boys approaching a bluff		 Lichen
Lichen		 Dead tree
Dead tree		 Devin with buffalo jawbone
Devin with buffalo jawbone
Boys enjoy some climbing
Boys enjoy some climbing		 First glimpse of Rushmore
First glimpse of Rushmore		 Washington’s face on Rushmore
Washington’s face on Rushmore		 The boys on a hill
The boys on a hill
Devin resting on a rock
Devin resting on a rock		 Mount Rushmore National Memorial
Mount Rushmore National Memorial		 Ethan with flag of Alaska.
Ethan with flag of Alaska.		 Ethan with Alaska’s pillar
Ethan with Alaska’s pillar
Mount Rushmore National Memorial
Mount Rushmore National Memorial		 Boys in front of Rushmore
Boys in front of Rushmore		 Ethan contemplates Rushmore Memorial.
Ethan contemplates Rushmore Memorial.		 Boys climbing
Boys climbing
Roosevelt and Lincoln
Roosevelt and Lincoln		 Washington and Jefferson
Washington and Jefferson		 Mount Rushmore National Memorial
Mount Rushmore National Memorial		 Mount Rushmore National Memorial
Mount Rushmore National Memorial
Linda takes a break
Linda takes a break		 Marker
Marker		 Rushmore through tunnel
Rushmore through tunnel		 Rushmore through tunnel
Rushmore through tunnel
I dunno
I dunno		 Ethan climbs down
Ethan climbs down		    

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