The Back Of Mount Rushmore

[dustypuss]

is rarely seen, ;-)

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VKnlNvwbGMM/TIEBSBZp7BI/AAAAAAAACRc/jtdvYOaqPRE/s1600/MR+2.png

[cupid04]

Reported for not being in jokes...

[tonyav]

A bit of a bum shot that, dustypuss.

[dustypuss]

How do you know it's a joke .

[sunny-dave]

What a bunch of @rris ...

[gness]

It's not a joke...it has to be real....you can see the VPL...x

[tonyav]

Oh I don't know, gness the one on the right as gone commando I think.

[cupid04]

Women's would be less bristly...

[tonyav]

Bristly !, cupes are you saying that they need a shave ?.

[stuey]

Jordyboy9, shouldn't that be "butt I would get banned"?:)

[cupid04]

show us a pic and I'll give my opinion, tone ;-)

[Svejk]

apparently several climbers have been blown to their deaths.

[tonyav]

LOL, you'd think there must be a crack in the screen.

[marval]

Someone raised their glass and said bottoms up.

[anneasquith]

LOL

[mikey4444]

Actually, real or not, its a lot more interesting than the real thing. In 1994 I travelled 100's of miles to see this bloody monument and if anyone else is thinking about doing the same, forget it ! Hitchcock has a lot to answer for as far as I am concerned. You can't get within 2-3 miles of the bally thing and it was a distinct disappointment.

However, Wounded Knee isn't far away and the Needles Highway was really worth it ::

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=needles+highway&rls=com.microsoft:en-GB:%7Breferrer:source?%7D&rlz=1I7ADFA_en&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=yukJVMvxLeWR7AaDx4GoBw&ved=0CCwQsAQ&biw=1024&;bih=729

[dustypuss]

You,r right mikey4444 it's not very big is it.

http://sewayoleme.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/mtrushmore.jpg

[mikey4444]

Dusty...I have almost the same pic in my albun, but with my hand in it !

I think I was expecting so much more when I visited. The surrounding area is simply stunning, as I said in my previous post. South Dakota isn't on most peoples itinerary when it comes to an American Road Trip but it should be ! I guess I was expecting a nice chair-lift up the side...the Swiss would certainly have obliged !

Here is another place to visit :::

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wounded_Knee_Massacre

To visit this place is too truly realise the extent of the awful things that the white man did to the native Americans, only just over 100 years ago.

Its interesting to note that up until a few years ago, the site of the Battle of the Little Bighorn was shown as a "massacre" on the American road maps and Wounded Knee was shown as a Battle...now its the opposite, thank goodness.

Read "Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee" if you are interested.

[dustypuss]

^^Very interesting^^