One thing we have discovered about Roadtirement is that timing is sometimes everything. We hit perfect timing when we visited Mt. Rushmore a while back on one of our trips to Seattle. We were at Mt. Rushmore National Memorial on a Sunday in late August a week before Labor Day. The traffic was minimal, and we discovered a vehicle pull off on the Norbeck Parkway, Route 244, where you can see George Washington’s face in profile. The parking area was nearly void of cars and outside the Park grounds.
See George directly above the white truck?
Sure there were some vehicles that pulled in to the turn off, but very few stayed for any length of time. It seemed like we had that beautiful slice of Mt. Rushmore all to ourselves.
George’s big profile view
Some statistics: George’s face is 60 feet tall, his nose is 20 feet long and his mouth is 18 feet across. Oh, and don’t forget his eyes. They are 11 feet wide each. Glad we had a telephoto lens!
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I have never been. This must be incredible in person.
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It is stunning, lois, it really is.
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I’ve never been there…
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Maybe someday you can get there, John. It’s only a 16 hour drive from Las Vegas! LOL
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Wow! Such an amazing site to see.
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Amazing definitely applies to this attraction. Thanks for the comment.
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I’ve never seen that view before. Thanks for sharing it.
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Glad to share.
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I was there once, with a Smile and a Tear in my eye, because of the greatnes of this Monument and the greater sadness about the Lakota and that the USA broke another contract in 1868 with the Sioux and their holy Black Hills…
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You reference one of many “broken treaties”…
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One of many…its sad and true…
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I’ve seen mountain goats in the same stretch of highway.
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Apparently they are all over that portion of the area. We looked but did not spot any.
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Wow, I have never seen that view either in person or in pictures.
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It is an amazing sight to see, Geoff.
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Great opportunity well taken
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Thank you, Derrick.
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