Mount Rushmore

Well I finally had time to load up our final stop during our Labor Day Weekend.

                                                                Mount Rushmore

Awesome site to finally have seen. We stayed for the night lighting of the mountain. That was pretty cool to see also. While we were waiting of the show to start we spotted a Horned Mountain Goat. See if you can spot him in one of my pictures. We were excited to see this because we had been looking for one of these animals our whole time out here in the Rocky Mountains.

This drive through the mountain gave us a great view of the famous Rushmore Mountain.

Who are those two new presidents on the Mountain??

Do you know how Mount Rushmore got it's name??

See the bottom of the blog for the answer.

Here we rode a ski lift up to the top of a small mountain to get a better view of the presidents.  Then we rode an alpine slide down. FUN FUN FUN!!!!

Mount Rushmore at Night

Mount Rushmore is named after a New York City attorney. Charles E. Rushmore was sent out to this area in 1884 to check legal titles on properties. On his way back to Pine Camp he asked Bill Challis [a local resident and guide] the name of this mountain. Bill replied, "Never had a name but from now on we'll call it Rushmore."

NOW, THAT'S HOW MOUNT RUSHMORE GOT ITS NAME