Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2006 3:47 PM
Subject: Trumbles at Mount Rushmore 16 November 2006
Greetings.
On Thursday, November 16, the Trumble family visited Mt. Rushmore.
Mt. Rushmore is in South Dakota and depicts the images of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Teddy Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln in the side of the mountain. The size of these guys would be about 465 ft tall or approximately 140 meters.
We had visited in May 2002 and stayed at a Holiday Inn Express in Keystone, the town right near Mt. Rushmore. However, it turns out that much of the town of Keystone shuts down during the offseason and November is certainly part of the offseason. The Holiday Inn Express we had stayed in before was closed for the season and the place we ended up staying has lots of rooms but only keeps 6 open for use during this time of year. The guy at the hotel said there are two places in town to eat. During the summer there would be numerous options. We ate at a pizza place and it was really good. One of the pizzas we got was Ta Tanka (Buffalo).
The Mountain
A deer running in front of the mountain
The “devil eye” thing is just the reflection of a light on this picture but this gives a feel for the scale of the faces.
This is a picture of a display that shows how the faces in the mountain compare to some other large things in the world.
Trumble family
Will, Elizabeth, Jim, and Stephen
George & Stephen
George, Abe, and Elizabeth
George, Will, Jim, Elizabeth, and Stephen
George (in the distance) and Jim
The Presidents and the Kids
Dan & the Presidents
Beth, Will, and Jim and a mountain goat
Pizza
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