We met back up with the family to celebrate Dad's 50th birthday weekend in South Dakota! Our first stop was Mount Rushmore, to check out these four guys...
George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and lastly Abraham Lincoln.
Upon entering the park, you follow a long pathway that leads to Mount Rushmore. This pathway is known as the Avenue of Flags. 56 Flags representing 50 states, three territories, the district of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and Northern Mariana Islands.
The Avenue of Flags leads to a viewing balcony. This viewing area is referred to as the Grand View Terrace.
From the Grand View Terrace, you can take what I like to call 'postcard pictures'. Sad to say, I traveled this far...and got the same picture everyone can with a postcard! But they really are mine...mine, mine, mine...all mine! (And yours to enjoy.)
If you walk down the path leading around the mountain, you see a few other views of the heads...including this side profile of George.
Gutzon Borglum, the man who created the sculptings of the presidents.
As we were leaving the park, we came face-to-face with some other visitors...
Driving away from the park, we caught of glimpse of the mountain again. A side view of George...do we see a pattern here??
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