Mt Rushmore at Night

29 Jun 2010--We went back to Mt Rushmore last night, this time with John and Carol to see the night show they put on there. We headed up there fairly early, so that we could have dinner and do a little window shopping before going to the show. This is another town, about 2 miles form Mt Rushmore, that has no reason for being other than tourism.

We ate here at Ruby House.

And then we took a walk around the town, about a city block long, to see what they were selling that might be interesting. The most interesting and eye-catching things were the hand-painted uffalo and horses...I love the colors!

On up to Rushmore we went, just in time for the show to begin. Before the short movie though, they had a National Park Service guy talking to the crowd, basically hosting a quiz show on presidential trivia, which was fun. They then, in the movie, talk about each of the 4 presidents on the mountain, highlighting the most important facts about his service to America. While that is going on, it gets ever darker, and before you know it the top of the mountain, just the heads, are lit up.

When the movie was over, the Ranger called for all military and retired military people to come down to the stage, so while I stayed up top to take pictures, Cathy and John went down to the stage where they retired the flag for the evening. While they were down there everyone in the stands sang the national anthem...maybe you had to be there, but it was all quite patriotic and quite moving. John is the gentleman in the jacket to Cathy's right.

Here are John and Carol as we are leaving.

A few short videos...this one just talks quickly about the sculptor.

This sets the stage for the theme of the short movie.

And here are Cathy and John, with the Ranger talking about them and the crowd clapping.

God bless America!!!