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Rushmore/Crazy Horse
Not nearly as exciting and awesome as the buffalo herd, Mt. Rushmore was still worth seeing and showing to the kids. Safa and Henry, both knowing at least second-grade level presidential trivia, enjoyed seeing Washington, Jefferson, Roosevelt, and Lincoln carved in granite. Philip, however, was indignant that we were not allowed to scale the presidential [...]
Mammoth Beauty
Mammoth Beauty
One of the hundreds of mammoth bones in situ at the Mammoth Site in Hot Springs, South Dakota. I think this complete skull is the one the paleontologists there dubbed “Beauty.”
Interestingly, nearly all of the mammoth — remains found in what was a sink-hole (a death trap) were young [...]