President’s Day may be past, but I remember the traditional observance of George Washington’s birthday as being February 22 when I was a kid.
And with the attention surrounding the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln’s birth earlier this month, I thought it might be nice to give a little extra acknowledgement of our first president’s birthday before the traditional date passes.
So, here are a few more shots from our trip to South Dakota’s Mount Rushmore, including an alternate view of Washington taken from Mount Rushmore’s Presidential Trail and a couple of shots from the site’s amphitheater where Tim is seen taking a break from his photo taking.
Missed my earlier story about our visit to Mount Rushmore? Check it out at Mount Rushmore memorializes larger-than-life presidents.
Thanks to Debbie Dubrow of Delicious Baby for creating and coordinating Photo Friday to link travel photos and blog posts across the Web.
© Dominique King 2009
Great photos, I've always wanted to go to Mt. Rushmore.
Posted by: Carolina | February 20, 2009 at 06:59 AM
This would have to be one of the world's most amazing sculptures. It must have taken years to plan, design and carry out! Thanks for sharing,
Peace
Posted by: Peace Mitchell (Australia) | February 20, 2009 at 01:56 PM
great shots!! i love the blue sky...
Posted by: jessiev | February 20, 2009 at 03:44 PM
Great photos. The viewpoint of the Monument with Tim in the foreground is awe-inspiring.
Posted by: JimmyK64 | February 21, 2009 at 07:58 AM
Love it! I have been to almost all 50 states, but I have not seen this yet. Can't wait to add it to our open ended world tour when we get to the US part!
Posted by: soultravelers3 | February 21, 2009 at 08:42 AM
Carolina-I hadn't been to Rushmore since I was a young child, so it was fun to go back now.
Peace-the carving was amazing. They had a public broadcasting television special about the creation of Mount Rushmore, and the site about the show makes for fascinating reading (I've linked to a few of the pages on the PBS site from my earlier Mount Rushmore story that I linked to this post). The PBS site had some cool vintage video of Mt. Rushmore's creation.
Jessie-we were lucky the day we were there...the weather was perfect, so we got some decent photos.
Jimmy-Tim occasionally whines when I put his photo up in a post, but I really did like this shot. He looked relaxed and happy--out with his cameras and traveling :)
Soul3-We want to go back to North and South Dakota. We only spent a few days in those two states, and there was sooooo much we didn't get to while we were there.
Posted by: Dominique | February 21, 2009 at 09:31 AM
I'd never seen that shot with the amphitheater. Thanks!
Posted by: Peter Carey | February 22, 2009 at 09:52 PM