Monday, September 5, 2011

TRAVEL DAY/MOUNT RUSHMORE 8/25/11

Travel day to Custer and the most common sight were Proghorn.  They aren't Antelope, they are Proghorn.  There are permanent signs everywhere that say when the lights are flashing the road is closed and return to the town you just came from.  A hint is all the heavy duty snow fences.  Mt Rushmore was very interesting.  They have recently upgraded a lot of the area.  We went on a ranger led tour and saw the artist models of the faces.  They really are not completed, but when the money ran out, the artist stopped.  And why did they create the monument??  To promote tourism in the area.  And why were these people chosen??  The sculptor chose them. 

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