Speaking of Alex, he slept for the entire drive to Rushmore and thankfully woke up feeling better and the green tint had left his face.
An old man was taking pictures of these two young girls in front of the monument, one in an American flag bikini and the other in a Confederate flag.
My kids are super excited about famous places and as we pulled in to the parking structure Alyssa remarked that she could not believe she was so close to one of America's best known monuments. And Alex, he was coming out of his skin. I told you two posts ago that he is fascinated by things that people build and create so he had been asking if we could stop at Mount Rushmore for months. As we left he kept turning back to get another look and he told me, "My dreams came true today. I have wanted to see Mount Rushmore for my whole life and I never thought it would happen to me in my childhood." Chloe was excited to be somewhere other than the car and she is still talking about "the statues" but she didn't really get it. She kept getting annoyed when she couldn't find "the girl one" through her binoculars. Sorry Thomas Jefferson, but she thought you were a girl.
Seth had hoped to be in and out of there in 30 minutes but we got there and everyone was enjoying it so ended up staying for 2 1/2 hours and coming away with a whole bunch of junk from the gift shop. We watched the movie about how it was made and learned that it was dedicated as a national monument (before the work even started) on August 10, 1927, so we had unknowingly showed up on Mount Rushmore's birthday. Pretty cool!
An old man was taking pictures of these two young girls in front of the monument, one in an American flag bikini and the other in a Confederate flag.
Apparently the camera gods smiled on me for just a moment because this shot came out a lot bluer and prettier than my other shots but I promise I did not alter it and it is not a postcard. If you take a million pictures a month you are bound to get lucky once in awhile, right?
We were there during Sturgis so the place was crawling with bikers and one of them offered to take our picture. I like the shadow on my mouth that makes it look like I am missing teeth.
The flags of all 50 states leading up to the monument.
Alex saw other people pretending to hold the monument and he had to give it a try too. Those are not shadows on his mouth...he really doesn't have any teeth.
On our way out and another batch of bikers on their way in.
This biker was dragging a giant bulldog behind his bike and it's private parts were the brake light. Ha,ha!!! It entertained us while we were stuck in SD construction traffic for the rest of the day.
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I am loving your vacation blogs and all the pictures. We were so sad to see you go! Even though we just headed down to the Vernal KOA and just stood in their hot showers!! Love the bulldog too. And--Seth was a bit older than Alex when we went. That was the trip he learned about the European habit of nude sunbathing! We stayed at a KOA near Devil's Tower, and had to pass the swimming pool on our way to the campsite. Yep--a topless sunbather--she was there with her 2 kids and husband. I don't think the truck had even come to a complete stop before Brody and Seth dove out and made a beeline to the pool!! Sadly (for them) she was gone by the time they got there.
Another great opportunity for your family. If you had flown, see how much you would have missed. When we retire, I just want to load up the car and drive and drive and drive. We've talked several times about going out to Mt. Rushmore, but as yet have not done so. The bulldog is a hoot. Ann's topless sunbather is, too.
We need to get our girls out to Rushmore. I'm pretty sure it's mandatory for SD residents. It looks like you had a fun time. Thank goodness Alex was feeling more himself by the time you arrived. Yeah, there are going to be tons of bikers around here for a couple more weeks because of Sturgis. I suppose it's something we'll have to get used to while living here. That bike caddy cracks me up.
We were just there a couple of days ago!
I think it is so cute how excited Alex was!
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