Mount Rushmore, Just Like in the Movie...

..."North by Northwest"; we half expected to see Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint climbing up over the faces of the presidents!









What we didn't fully expect was the commercialism that has sprouted up in the surrounding area, such as the town of Keystone SD which featured the "Executive Order Grill" and "First Lady Motel", etc.




The Mount Rushmore National Memorial itself is tastefully done and quite the sculptural fete, but a bit of a change from the natural resources we've seen in other National Parks. Our first reaction was that it's smaller than we thought it would be; however, just as a reference, George Washington's nose is 21 feet long - imagine 3 or 4 people standing on eachother's shoulders for perspective.




Next stop of course was the unfinished Crazy Horse Memorial, sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski's (1908-1982) dream: