It is impressive! Built from 1927 - 1945. Heads of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt. We went to the night time ceremony that really tugs on your American pride heartstrings and then back to see Rushmore in the daylight. We were there in time to watch the morning light change the color of the rocks. At night they show a video of the history and why each president was selected. I could figure out the first three, but why Teddy? Ahhh...well that makes sense... He was a conservationist and established many new National Parks.
All the states have flags along the mall to the viewing theater except Mississippi because they don’t have a state flag. Mississippi voted to remove their flag because of the confederate symbol. This will be a very controversial statement but personally I don’t agree with removing history - statues to flags.
Stumbled across some really cool bridges called “pigtails”. When was the last time you saw a bridge made out of trees? The road made a spiral. You drive under the bridge and then on top of the bridge.
I thought Zion National Park was one big rock... Custer State Park has massive rocks with beautiful lakes. We took a long hike around Sylvan Lake and navigated some tiny tunnels to view the park. Gorgeous area.
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