Mount Rushmore

 August 29, 2023

Mount Rushmore .......... can't really put it into words, the amount of awe that you feel when seeing this mountain with the heads of our presidents carved in the granite!

Guzten Borglam was the mastermind behind this amazing work of art!  Fun fact, if you have seen National Treasure Book of Secrets, it was filmed near here.  I have watched that movie a dozen times and I thought they were saying Morglum not Borglum!  Maybe I need hearing aids?

                                                                      

There was a really nice trail where you got to see quite a few angles of the mountain  

Avenue of the Flags!  Ernie sitting by PA (2nd state in the Union)!

I really wanted to see the evening ceremony, we had a few hours to kill though, so we had some dinner and did some shopping at the gift shop.  Also, the museum is amazing!

The evening program starts at 8pm, followed by a 10 minute Ranger talk, a Freedom move, and toward the end of the move..................BAM, they light up the mountain and sing America the Beautiful!  Then we all stood and sang the National Anthem!  CHILLS, I tell you, CHILLS!