RV Lifestyle Mount Rushmore National Memorial, South Dakota The Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a sculpture carved into the granite face of Mount Rushmore near Keystone. Sculpted by Danish-American Gutzon Borglum and his son, Lincoln Borglum, Mount Rushmore features 18-m sculptures of the heads of four United States presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and AbrahamLincoln. The entire memorial covers 517 ha and is 1,744 m above sea level. When the New River Gorge Bridge was completed on October 22, 1977, a travel challenge was solved. The bridge reduced a 40-minute drive down narrowmountain roads and across one of North America’s oldest rivers to less than a minute. When it comes to road construction, mountains do pose a challenge. In the case of the New River Gorge Bridge, challenge was transformed into a work of structural art – the longest steel span in the Western Hemisphere and the third-highest in the United States. The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation operates the world’s largest living history museum in Williamsburg, Virginia – the restored 18th-century capital of Britain’s largest, wealthiest andmost populous outpost of empire in the New World. Lake Winnipesaukee is the largest lake in New Hampshire located in the Lakes Region. It is approximately 33 km long (northwest-southeast) and ranges from 1.6 to 14 km wide (northeast-southwest), with a maximum depth of 54 m. The centre area of the lake is called The Broads. The lake contains at least 264 islands, half of which are less than a quarter-acre in size and it’s indented by several peninsulas yielding a total shoreline of approximately 463 km. The driving distance around the lake is 101 km. It is 153 m above sea level. Experience the beauty of Lake Winnipesaukee during a narrated scenic tour aboard the historic M/S Mount Washington. Learn about the history of the region and local folklore surrounded by some of the most beautiful scenery in New England. The Breakers, Newport, Rhode Island The Breakers is a Vanderbilt mansion located on Ochre Point Avenue in Newport, along the Atlantic Ocean. It is a National Historic Landmark, a contributing property to the Bellevue Avenue Historic District and is owned and operated by the Preservation Society of Newport County. The Breakers is the grandest of Newport’s summer “cottages” and is a symbol of the Vanderbilt family’s social and financial pre-eminence at the turn of the century. Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt (17941877) established the family fortune in steamships and, later, in the New York Central Railroad which was a pivotal development in the industrial growth of the nation during the late 19th century. New River Gorge Bridge, West Virginia Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia Meet a nation-builder such as George Washington or Edith Cumbo and admire the craftsmanship of some of the best artisans in the world. Family activities include a horse-drawn carriage ride, numerous dining choices and a Haunted Williamsburg ghost tour. At the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg, explore colourful, whimsical folk art and decorative art objects. Home to the New River, which drops 228 m over 106 km, adventuresome rafters and kayakers have long been drawn to this whitewater area for its class five rapids. The New River – which flows northward through low-cut canyons in the Appalachian Mountains – is one of the oldest rivers on the planet. New River Gorge National Park encompasses more than 28,329 ha of land along the New River. Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire 28 | www.snowbirds.org
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