This is the first pic I took. This is the walk everone takes with the flags of the 50 states, territories, possessions, etc. Rather impressive. And if you look real close there is my traveling companion, look to the right.
Coming up here, the climb was a 10% grade. Going down the same way it will be a HUGE 10% grade. No, we came in the car.

The floor here is rock or granite. Will last nearly forever.



And of course, the four presidents. Can you name them? A few facts about the faces.
Each head measures 60 feet from top of head to chin.
90% of the carving was by using dynamite.
Each eye is 11 feet across.
Each nose is 20 feet long except for George which is 21 feet.
Each mouth is 18 feet across.
The full carving is 185 feet across x 150 feet tall.
And Abe's mole is 16 inches in diameter.



400 men worked on Mt rusmore and there was not one loss of life. quite remarable since this project took 14 years, from Oct 4, 1927 to Oct 31, 1941. It cost a total of $989,992.32. The work was stopped because of a lack of funds due to the beginnings of WW2.

And here is another of my favorite pics. Can anyone guess why?