Mount Rushmore... eh!

	Did you know that there were approximately 400 workers that worked at Mount Rushmore during the carving process from October 1927 to October 1941. Also throughout this extremely dangerous work there were no lives lost. Pretty incredible! I left my red headed friend this morning... it was sad, but we will reunite again. I just had to explore some more, I had this fire in my fins that only a trip to South Dakota could cure!! Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a sculpture carved into the granite face of Mount Rushmore near Key stone South Dakota. It was sculpted by Gutzon Borglum but later finished by his son, Lincoln Borglum. Mount Rushmore features 60-foot sculptures of the heads of former US Presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln. The entire memorial covers 1,278.45 acres and is 5,725 feet (1,745 m) above sea level. After securing federal funding, construction on the memorial began in 1927, and the presidents' faces were completed between 1934 and 1939. Upon Gutzon Borglum's death in March 1941, his son Lincoln Borglum took over construction. Though the initial concept called for each president to be depicted from head to waist, lack of funding forced construction to end in October 1941.The U.S. National Park Service took control of the memorial in 1933, while it was still under construction, and manages the memorial to the present day. It attracts approximately two million people annually... I mean, it's okay... on to my next destination! Stay tuned!	.