LAKE SUPERIOR

I still had a couple days to blog when we got home from our trip - but life at home is not conducive to blogging, so I am slow getting to it.  I have had a couple of requests to see the rest of the trip - so I will try and finish.


Saturday with Mom and Dad (October 16th) we went a trip to see Lake Superior and the Painted Cliffs National Monument.  They live close to Lake Michigan; it is a gray, dark lake.  Lake Superior is north of them and is one of those green lakes that are so pretty.  

You can see where the lake turns to the pretty blue-green  after the shore

These photos do not show the multiple colors that are layered along the cliffs very well, but that is the painted part of 'Painted Cliff' Lakeshore

A bald eagle resting on a tree visible from the over look.  There are several pairs that nest along the coast right there apparently.  

A close up view of the rock and its layers, but not much color here.

TUESDAY - TODAY!

This is going to be out of order, for some reason it did not get posted when I wrote it.  This would have been on October 12th, our last day in the Black Hills, SD.


This was our day to visit Mt Rushmore.  It is impressing and the center is very well done.  I do have to mention that there is a different feeling between the two carved mountain monuments.  I will explain it like this - Stratton, who loves rocks, wanted to take one from the mountain under the sculpture of the Presidents.  We had been able to get one from the Crazy Horse monument, they had a 'rock box' as one of the displays and you were welcome to take a piece with you.  Of course, that was not allowed at the the Federally run sight, as was stated by signs literally every 6 feet, "Closed by order of the Federal Government".  Dallas said to him, " These rocks here belong to you. (Meaning the ones at Mt Rushmore)  You can't have one.   The other place belonged to someone else, so they let you take one of theirs."  Ponder on that for a bit.


We did enjoy our visit and due to new batteries, I was able to snap some pictures.

The approach to the monument viewing platform

The working model that the artist used to measure from

President Washington

This is what happens when you poor concrete in the wild! 

A good shot of root wedging