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拉什莫尔山国家纪念公园的点评
点评：This was our 9th USA road tour and despite my great wish I could never before include Mt. Rushmore into any itinerary. Reason is obvious - it's in the middle of nowhere - around half the way between Seattle and Chicago, with nothing to see nor do from either direction.
This time we made it starting from Denver and including Yellowstone, Utah and northern Arizona in our 15 days mid West trip. Even now, from Denver as a closest big city it included long, pretty boring driving through Nebraska plains, but it was worth it.
We arrived around 4 PM and were instantly disappointed - not with the monument, but with weather. It was rainy, cloudy and misty - the monument was INVISIBLE, hidden in clouds with empty parking lot and no one inside - except tour buses I felt sorry for as they had no second chance. Though we intended to visit that day along with the night illuminations we skipped it.
We had our second chance in the morning - rain stopped during the night, it was only cloudy and later even little bit sunny.
Got there very early, around 8 AM and I strongly suggest that. First, you'll find your parking spot immediately, second more important - there're very few visitors at that time and tour buses didn't arrive yet. When we were leaving around 11 AM the place was packed, impossible to make a proper photo.
We stayed those 3 hours and that's an appropriate time to do all attractions:
- Walk the Flag avenue with all 50 state flags and Union joining date plaques,
- Take the iconic photo from the terrace,
- Do the Presidential Loop for different perspectives,
- Visit the Visitor center, watch the movie about construction as well the Museum,
- Visit well stocked and reasonably priced Gift shop.
This time we made it starting from Denver and including Yellowstone, Utah and northern Arizona in our 15 days mid West trip. Even now, from Denver as a closest big city it included long, pretty boring driving through Nebraska plains, but it was worth it.
We arrived around 4 PM and were instantly disappointed - not with the monument, but with weather. It was rainy, cloudy and misty - the monument was INVISIBLE, hidden in clouds with empty parking lot and no one inside - except tour buses I felt sorry for as they had no second chance. Though we intended to visit that day along with the night illuminations we skipped it.
We had our second chance in the morning - rain stopped during the night, it was only cloudy and later even little bit sunny.
Got there very early, around 8 AM and I strongly suggest that. First, you'll find your parking spot immediately, second more important - there're very few visitors at that time and tour buses didn't arrive yet. When we were leaving around 11 AM the place was packed, impossible to make a proper photo.
We stayed those 3 hours and that's an appropriate time to do all attractions:
- Walk the Flag avenue with all 50 state flags and Union joining date plaques,
- Take the iconic photo from the terrace,
- Do the Presidential Loop for different perspectives,
- Visit the Visitor center, watch the movie about construction as well the Museum,
- Visit well stocked and reasonably priced Gift shop.
翻译：这已经是我们第九次美国公路旅行了，尽管我一直很想去拉什莫尔山，但之前从未把它纳入任何行程。原因显而易见——它地处偏僻，大约在西雅图和芝加哥之间，无论从哪个方向过来，都看不到什么风景，也玩不了什么。
这次我们从丹佛出发，在为期15天的美国中西部之旅中，途经黄石公园、犹他州和亚利桑那州北部，终于到达了拉什莫尔山。即使丹佛是离我们最近的大城市，但仍然需要驱车穿越内布拉斯加州的平原，路途漫长而乏味，不过一切都是值得的。
我们下午四点左右到达，立刻感到失望——不是因为纪念碑本身，而是因为天气。当时阴雨绵绵，雾气弥漫——纪念碑完全隐没在云雾之中，停车场空无一人，里面空无一人——除了几辆旅游巴士，我真替它们感到惋惜，因为它们没有第二次机会了。虽然我们原本计划当天参观，并观看夜间灯光秀，但最终还是放弃了。
第二天早上我们迎来了第二次机会——夜里雨停了，天空只是阴沉，后来甚至还出现了一丝阳光。
我早上八点左右就到了，强烈建议大家也这么做。首先，你可以立刻找到停车位；其次，更重要的是，那时游客很少，旅游巴士还没到。我们大约上午十一点离开的时候，那里已经人山人海，根本没法好好拍照。
我们在那里待了三个小时，这段时间足够游览所有景点：
- 沿着旗帜大道漫步，欣赏美国五十个州的州旗和联邦成立日期牌匾；
- 在露台上拍一张标志性的照片；
- 沿着总统环线漫步，从不同的角度欣赏美景；
- 参观游客中心，观看关于公园建设的影片，以及博物馆；
- 逛逛商品齐全、价格合理的礼品店。
这次我们从丹佛出发，在为期15天的美国中西部之旅中，途经黄石公园、犹他州和亚利桑那州北部，终于到达了拉什莫尔山。即使丹佛是离我们最近的大城市，但仍然需要驱车穿越内布拉斯加州的平原，路途漫长而乏味，不过一切都是值得的。
我们下午四点左右到达，立刻感到失望——不是因为纪念碑本身，而是因为天气。当时阴雨绵绵，雾气弥漫——纪念碑完全隐没在云雾之中，停车场空无一人，里面空无一人——除了几辆旅游巴士，我真替它们感到惋惜，因为它们没有第二次机会了。虽然我们原本计划当天参观，并观看夜间灯光秀，但最终还是放弃了。
第二天早上我们迎来了第二次机会——夜里雨停了，天空只是阴沉，后来甚至还出现了一丝阳光。
我早上八点左右就到了，强烈建议大家也这么做。首先，你可以立刻找到停车位；其次，更重要的是，那时游客很少，旅游巴士还没到。我们大约上午十一点离开的时候，那里已经人山人海，根本没法好好拍照。
我们在那里待了三个小时，这段时间足够游览所有景点：
- 沿着旗帜大道漫步，欣赏美国五十个州的州旗和联邦成立日期牌匾；
- 在露台上拍一张标志性的照片；
- 沿着总统环线漫步，从不同的角度欣赏美景；
- 参观游客中心，观看关于公园建设的影片，以及博物馆；
- 逛逛商品齐全、价格合理的礼品店。
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