Mt. Rushmore 9/14/2015: Everyone picked up an apple at breakfast to eat later at lunch. Stopped at a rest area at Powder Creek, WY, and feasted on apple slices (thank you, Latha, for bringing along your treasured pocket knife given to you by Giridharmam) and Terra veg chips. A while later stopped in Gilette, WY and had coffee at Starbucks/ McDonalds. Reached Mt.Rushmore National Memorial around 5:30 local time. We were impressed with the granite outcroppings, the Faces of course, and Crazy Horse face (partially done) at another site. Some of us walked the Presidential Walk.Drove down to Keystone for a Mexican meal, and ended up at Himalayan Indian Cuisine when we saw that Mijo's was closed. It was our good fortune, as the meal was very good- everybody's taste buds got rekindled with familiar spices
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