Twenty-second Reunion of the USS Cabildo (LSD-16) Crewmembers' Association
     
 
Rapid City, South Dakota - September, 2017
  
     
 

Mount Rushmore

  
 
September 15, 16 and 17
  
 
 
  entering Mt. Rushmore  
 
Entering Mt. Rushmore in the fog Friday afternoon
  
     
     
 
Mr Nourgam
  
 
Gutzum Borglum who creeated the memorial
  
 
Bust by his son
  
     
 
Dining Room
  
 
Mt. Rushmore has an excellent resturant and gift shop
  
     
     
  lighting  
 
Friday evening we went up for the "lighting" but the fog obscured the Memorial
  
     
     
 
 
 
Still foggy Saturday afternoon - "just George's Ghost" for most of us
  
 

We had gone by first thing in the morning and it was so foggy we did not stop. We drove on and came back again late in the afternoon.

  
     
  little fog  
 
A few saw a slight break in the fog just before our bus left Saturday..
  
     
 
mt rushmore
  
 
A few of us got back again on Sunday and it was nice and clear.
  
     
     
 
Washington
  
 

George Washington

  
     
     
  Jefferson  
 
Thomas Jefferson
  
     
     
  Teddie Roseveldt  
 
Theodore Rosevelt
  
     
     
  Lincoln  
 
Abraham Lincoln
  
     
  mt goats  
 
We also got to see a couple of Mt. Goats.
  
     
     
 
 
 
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