Ailsa wants to see mountains this week – of course, mountains come in different sizes, depending on where you are. My little corner of the planet barely has hills, let alone mountains – so any mountain photo I can offer has to be a travel picture, just right for this project 
There are the less ambitious mountains, the kind we have here in the eastern U.S. This is the view from the top of Cadillac Mountain, Maine, looking down toward Bar Harbor (just above and left of the middle of the photo).
On the other hand, some mountains are so tall and steep and rocky nothing even tries to grow on them – these are in the Black Hills of South Dakota, not far from
Mount Rushmore.
(Unlike Ailsa, I don’t have any snow-topped mountain photos handy. Somewhere, boxed away, there should be pictures from the time we hiked up Mt. Ranier in Washington right to the foot of the glaciers (at those heights, you really notice that there’s not nearly as much oxygen as here at sea level), but that was in the pre-digital days, and it would take a long search to find the prints.)
I loved Mount Rushmore! The surrounding hills and scenery are so beautiful too.
It’s a lovely area – and did you get a chance to visit Custer State Park? I’ve never seen so much wildlife in one place. Just driving through it gawking at the animals was fun!
We did, so lovely! We went on the train in Keystone as well and really enjoyed that too.
I want to see Mount Rushmore one day! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you! It’s quite a sight, and while you’re there don’t miss the surrounding scenery
Your mountains are way higher than ours! Nice shots Sharon
The Rockies (and nearby mountains like the Black “Hills”) are pretty impressive, but on this side of the continent we run more to hills with delusions of grandeur
Thanks, Gilly.
Great pictures, especially the one from Maine!
Thank you!