I didn't see Barry at the Mt. Rushmore promenade, so called him... we had somehow managed to walk right by each other. We sat in the shade, as the sun was quite warm, and gazed in awe at Borglum's work.  The monument never ceases to amaze. Borglum looked for a long time to find the right formation to hold his portraits, and South Dakota residents wanted and worked hard to locate it there.
As President Coolidge said at the dedication: "We have come here to dedicate a cornerstone that was laid by the hand of the Almighty."

After a while Rob and Dennis joined us, humorously kvetching at each other about failure to look in rear view mirrors when riding (something similar had happened while they rode north from Texas, with Rob being the one who had not noticed Dennis trying to get his attention.)

Eight faces: