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Emptiness around memorable sights: LAPC

SoyBend

Centered in Bend, Oregon, my blog branches out into nature, history, and art-related topics.

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  • Wow Siobhan, how odd that there were no other tourists at such a popular spot!! I loved those images especially the last. The "windsock" is amazing too. Excellent choices for the week

  • Siobhan, what a captivating gallery you shared! How lucky you were to have Mount Rushmore all to yourself.

  • What a great adventure Siobhan. You were lucky, indeed, to visit Mt. Rushmore and find it empty of visitors. We went about the same time of day and found it crowded. That was in 2013. You also showed us beautiful, almost barren landscapes. Well done!

  • Amazing landscapes. I live in the coastal mountains and don't venture into the vast plains over the mountains so I just am gobsmacked ๐Ÿ˜ฒ

  • big skies!

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  • Love your landscape and cloudscape images, beautifully captured.
    I remember how crowded the Mount Rushmore was. :)

    • Thanks, Amy! Loved the clouds on our trip. I had only been there when I was a little kid, but I remember it being crowded then.

  • Wonderful photos, Siobhan. Just lovely, wide-open skies, and that vast open land. Perfect for the challenge. I appreciated the Mt. Rushmore image. I've never seen it from the road before. A wonderful perspective.

    • Thank you, Patti! beautiful skies around there. Yes, the wide pathway leading to Mount Rushmore was unusually empty.

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