The following is a piece of my catalog of travels from the great state of Virginia to the great state of California, up the coast to Washington (also great), and then back east, back home. Nothing in this account has been embellished and/or fabricated. It all really and truly happened. For real. Seriously. I would not lie to you.
Monday, June 19, 2006 (cont.)
SOUTH DAKOTA
Feelin' Presidential
South Dakota is known as "The Mount Rushmore State" and they promote it EVERYWHERE! There's really no need for advertising. I don't know why you would come to this state and not see the presidents.
This thing is wicked impressive, man. "It's probably the most impressive man-made thing I've ever seen." Dan said. And I agreed. I mean, I'm always impressed when I think about major bridges and skyscrapers and how humans can conceive of such things, let alone build them.
They had a museum at Mount Rushmore that was very informative. The artist, Borglum, came up with the idea to permanently pay tribute to George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt by exploding their faces into a mountain. They started work on the massive project in 1923. You should see the pictures of the guys who worked on this thing. Dangerous stuff.
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
MINNESOTA
We've got a lot of time and miles to make up today and tomorrow so we're kind of blowing through a couple states. Sorry Minnesota. Hey, I really like your windmills.
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
WISCONSIN
Cows. Lots of cows.
ILLINOIS
Traffic through Chicago. It was bad.
OHIO
I bought a tee shirt bearing the state's name at a rest stop. Nothing else to report.
PENNSYLVANIA
The road has made me weary (can you tell?) and I'm looking forward to hitting the last few stops on the way home.
