Mount Rushmore did not disappoint. It's pretty awesome. The museum was interesting too with facts about the sculptor and the history of how it was made. By the way, it took 14 years, opened in 1941, and cost $1,000,000. We also went out a 2 hour train ride through the Black Hills in a restored 1880 train. Also fun. Oh yea, I also found out why the Black Hills are called the Black Hills. It's because the ponderosa pines do not reflect sunlight and it makes them look black.

Comments from Eldon: The immense amount of work on the rock was unbelievable. Fourteen years seems to be to short a time complete it. It's huge. You could walk right into George Washington's nose if you wanted to. In the kid's hands-on section, I got to push the dynamite plunger and see a video of what I blew up. That was cool!

Comments from Larry: I sat in the car all day and watched dead presidents through the window. I like prairie dogs better.