Washington/Oregon/South Dakota, September 9-19, 2001 
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Key - Excellent: 5 points; Very Good: 4 points; Good: 3 points; Average: 2 points; Poor: 1 points; (Average points in brackets)
(1) And learned, surprisingly enough, that you can walk practically underneath the monument. - 1 voter (5.00) BAR
(2) One of the two good things about the LONG drive home was stopping at Mount Rushmore. Photos I've always seen make it look so incredible. Seeing it in person multiplies it by 100, and photos don't really give you the sense of scale. The carving is actually much closer to the visitor viewing area than I thought, yet the figures are still visibly massive. - 1 voter (5.00) BAR
(3) We stayed for the night show, having been told that the monument was lit up. I started envisioning a really awesome light show. Alas, it's pretty much as you see here—huge white spotlights shining from about the same angle as your view. As we all know, the closer your viewing angle matches the light angle, the fewer shadows you see. Don't get me wrong, it was still impressive to see this huge thing lit up like this, but it still seemed a lot like the white opposite of a silhouette. - 1 voter (4.00) BAR
(4) So, instead, I started walking the trail that leads to the foot of the mountain. - 1 voter (4.00) BAR
(5) A brand-new grandma holds her brand-new grandson. Hard to believe this little guy is now bopping around hollering "Unkee Lee" every time he lays eyes on me and, so I'm told, plenty of times even as I'm thousands of miles away! - 1 voter (1.00) BAR
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A brand-new grandma holds her brand-new grandson. Hard to believe this little guy is now bopping around hollering
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A brand-new grandma holds her brand-new grandson. Hard to believe this little guy is now bopping around hollering "Unkee Lee" every time he lays eyes on me and, so I'm told, plenty of times even as I'm thousands of miles away!

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Time for the brand-new grandpa's turn.
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Time for the brand-new grandpa's turn.

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Feeding time—an extremely frequent scene.
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Feeding time—an extremely frequent scene.

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Brand new babies pretty much only eat and sleep during their first few days. Eye-openers are rare, but I caught one. Later on, when I was holding him, he actually decided to get wide awake and stare right at me. I'm guessing it was the first time he tried to really focus on something. Maybe that's why he likes me so much now!
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Brand new babies pretty much only eat and sleep during their first few days. Eye-openers are rare, but I caught one. Later on, when I was holding him, he actually decided to get wide awake and stare right at me. I'm guessing it was the first time he tried to really focus on something. Maybe that's why he likes me so much now!

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An online friend of mine happened to be in Portland the same time we were in Washington, so I arranged to drive down and visit. We met at the Oregon Zoo. Either I was too busy chatting with my friend, or I wasn't hugely impressed. Since this day was just a couple days after 9-11, I may not have been up to taking too many photos.
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An online friend of mine happened to be in Portland the same time we were in Washington, so I arranged to drive down and visit. We met at the Oregon Zoo. Either I was too busy chatting with my friend, or I wasn't hugely impressed. Since this day was just a couple days after 9-11, I may not have been up to taking too many photos.

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The polar bear pen was rather spacious, but it was out in the sun, and it was obvious the poor guy was hot.
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The polar bear pen was rather spacious, but it was out in the sun, and it was obvious the poor guy was hot.

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Here, have an elephant.
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Here, have an elephant.

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Here, have a wolf.
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Here, have a wolf.

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Here, have a bird.
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Here, have a bird.

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Before dinner, we went to a mansion that has an outstanding view of downtown Portland. If my memory is correct, it was the Pittock Mansion. We got there late and could only look around the grounds. The house was closed for the day. I also remember they were doing a lot of work on it and there was scaffolding everywhere—not very photogenic. There's a good photo of the house on the web site.
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Before dinner, we went to a mansion that has an outstanding view of downtown Portland. If my memory is correct, it was the Pittock Mansion. We got there late and could only look around the grounds. The house was closed for the day. I also remember they were doing a lot of work on it and there was scaffolding everywhere—not very photogenic. There's a good photo of the house on the web site.

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One of the two good things about the LONG drive home was stopping at Mount Rushmore. Photos I've always seen make it look so incredible. Seeing it in person multiplies it by 100, and photos don't really give you the sense of scale. The carving is actually much closer to the visitor viewing area than I thought, yet the figures are still visibly massive.
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One of the two good things about the LONG drive home was stopping at Mount Rushmore. Photos I've always seen make it look so incredible. Seeing it in person multiplies it by 100, and photos don't really give you the sense of scale. The carving is actually much closer to the visitor viewing area than I thought, yet the figures are still visibly massive.

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I was going for a shot that seemed to approximate size and distance in real life, but quickly abandoned that futile effort.
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I was going for a shot that seemed to approximate size and distance in real life, but quickly abandoned that futile effort.

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So, instead, I started walking the trail that leads to the foot of the mountain.
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So, instead, I started walking the trail that leads to the foot of the mountain.

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And learned, surprisingly enough, that you can walk practically underneath the monument.
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And learned, surprisingly enough, that you can walk practically underneath the monument.

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The trail goes right past the very base of the sculpture. The rocks that were chiseled away and fell below come right up to—and underneath and beyond—the trail's boardwalk.
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The trail goes right past the very base of the sculpture. The rocks that were chiseled away and fell below come right up to—and underneath and beyond—the trail's boardwalk.

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