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The fabulous Mt. Rushmore in the Black Hills of South Dakota


View from the side


We decided to be tourists and ride the helicopter.


Up


Up, up


And awayyyyyyyy.....


Our pilot, who is from northern Idaho


Peach in the back seat


View of the valley


North by northwest. It even sounds scary.


Crazy Horse monument


Fall colors


Crazy Horse's head


We can see for quite a long ways.


Sylvan Lake


Harney Peak is the highest natural point in South Dakota and the Black Hills. It lies in the Black Elk Wilderness area, in southern Pennington County, in the Black Hills National Forest. The peak lies 3.7 mi WSW of Mount Rushmore. At 7,242 feet, it has been described by the Board on Geographical Names as the highest summit in the United States east of the Rocky Mountains.


Fire look-out tower atop Harney Peak


Horse Thief Lake


Close-up view


George, Tom, Teddy, and Abe. We once had a four-horse feed team named after these gentlemen.


The Cathedrals


Harney Peak once again


The Plaid Rocks. Oh wait, that's my shirt showing in the reflection of the glass.


The Needles


Fall colors in this valley


Crazy Horse again


The monument from a different perspective


Nearing the end of our ride


Back on terra-firma. I had left my hat in the hangar. :cboy:
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