Mt. Rushmore & Crazy Horse Mt.

Pactola Reservoir

Mt. Rushmore souvenier area

Tom really wanted this $200 red fox hat ... but we opted for fuel for the truck instead.  :-)

Approaching Mt. Rushmore on the highway

And through the trees from the moving truck on the highway

Entrance at the actual memorial

Columns named the states and dates they joined the union

Taken from the Observation Area

Seriously observing!

Leaving the memorial area

On the highway again seeing a profile of George from the back side

Model for carving of Crazy Horse (in background)

A bus ride to the base with bulldozers working

Papa at the base

The family refuses to accept government funding which is why it's taking so long.

It's paid for from admissions fees & donations with the family still in control.  The sculptor died in the 1980s and his wife is the current overseer of the project and his daughter is the resident sculptor.  One son, Adam,  built his home near the site and he drove by in his pickup truck while we were at the base.

 They anticipate another 40 years before completion.    Quite an impressive tour of this

as well as Mt. Rushmore.