Beki send more informative and fun filled postcards from across the USA, many thanks! Beki M writes: Hello from South Dakota! Seeing Mt Rushmore was so neat. I didn't realize it was basically the creation of an artist trying to do something cool and long lasting and really had nothing to do with the government. At the bottom of the mountain you can see rocks that were dynamited out! - Beki

The postcard facts read: Shrine of Democracy - Four great presidential faces, carved from solid granite in South Dakota's Black Hills , serve as an inspirational reminder of  the ideals of democracy, and a testament to human imagination and perseverance - as personified by sculptor Gutzon Borglum.

The second postcard reads: Hey! I finally made it to Oregon. This postcard is from one of our last stops - Yellowstone! It was really neat and beautiful. You kind of just drive around and look at the nature and animals - there were a bunch of Bison like 20 feet from the road /our car at one point! I really hope I can go back one day and spend a lot more time there. - Beki

This postcards facts read: The Yellowstone River- weaves its way down the Yellowstone Valley between Gardiner and Livingston, Montana. Prized for premium fishing and floating experiences, this portion of paradise symbolizes the saying, Montana: The Last Best Place.

Raven L and son William send us more wonderful and very welcomed New York City Greetings. They write: St Patrick's Cathedral on New York's 5th Avenue is the largest decorated gothic style Catholic cathedral in North America. It is 2 acres long and was built in 1858 and founded in 1878. It was once an orphanage school, and is now used for masses, Holiday masses, funerals and buriels. It is known as the Catholic church on New York. St. Patrick's was built or brick and covered by marble for strength. The spires rise 330 feet from street level. The land its built on was purchased in 1810 for $11,000. The architect is James Renwick Jr.

This postcard comes to us from a postcrosser named Sarah in Birmingham, England. She writes: Hello to you both from Birmingham, England! I've lived here for five years now - I study at the University  - and I love it. There's always something going on - at the moment we have an International food festival! I saw it today - loads of market stalls in one of the pedestrian streets and everything smells delicious. Hopefully well be named " European City of Culture" in 2013... Happy Postcrossing! - Sarah

Eliska send us wonderful wishes and interesting information from the Czech Republic. She writes: Hello :-)
I'm sending you a postcard from Karlovy Vary in Czech Republic. It's a spa town situated in the west part of our country. It is a very nice place to live, especially for a movie fan. Several movies were filmed here, for example "Last Holiday" or "Casino Royal". Also the International film festival takes place here every July, it's always a big occasion. A lot of world movie stars come to our town. Best Wishes, Eliska.

These two wonderful postcards come from Wendy C in Nevada. She writes: My family has been here in Las Vegas since the 1800's! It is very hot and dry here in the desert. We get many visitors too. I am 47 years old married with 3 children. I love exchanging postcards like you do and learning about the world and my own beautiful country. Expect more!!!   ღ Wendy C.

Postcard #2 Reads:  Greetings from the Grand Canyon! We are lucky in Las Vegas to be so close to the incredible Grand Canyon. The northern rim is in Utah and the mountains while the southern rim is in Arizona in the desert. Many tours by helicopter or bus leave from Las Vegas everyday. It is amazing!!! There is and Indian (Native American) tribe that lives at the bottom of the Canyon. From Wendy C.


Many thanks Wendy C!

More Facts about this tribe:

Havasuw `Baaja, the people of the blue green waters, are the traditional guardians of the Grand Canyon. Related to the Yuman, the Havasupai have from the beginning, inhabited the Grand Canyon and its environs.
By 1919 with the establishment of the Grand Canyon National Park, the Tribe was restricted to 518 acres, 5 miles wide and 12 miles long in a side canyon. The Tribe has since had returned to them 188,077 acres of their former homelands which makes up their reservation today.
The Havasupai Reservation is located in Coconino County, at the southwest corner of the Grand Canyon National Park. The nearest community to the Reservation is Peach Springs, 64 miles southwest from Hualapai Hilltop.
The Havasupai Reservation consists of plateau country, dissected with deep, scenic canyons characteristic of the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River. Notable geographic features include "The Great Thumb," Long Mesa, and Tenderfoot Mesa, which converge on the Coconino Plateau at the south end of the reservation.
Havasu (Cataract) Canyon, now the permanent home of the Havasupai Indian Tribe, is internationally known for its blue water and spectacular water falls adorned with travertine columns, shelves and skirts. Topography of the plateau areas varies from rolling, gentle slopes, to escarpments of outcrops of the Kaibab Limestone.
The population for the Havasupai Tribe is 639 with a median age of 24.8 years. The largest employer of the tribal members on the reservation is the Tribe. The main occupation of individual members is packing and working for tribal enterprises (tourism).
The Havasuw `Baaja, draw their strength from the land, which is sacred. Visitors are asked to preserve the magnificence of the Havasupai homeland and respect their natural resources which contribute to their spiritual direction. All visitors are asked to leave their liquor, drugs, weapons and pets at home and to take their trash out of the canyon.
The best way to reach Havasupai is from Highway 66, six miles east of Peach Springs, onto Indian Route 18, a 64 mile road to Hualapai Hilltop. From the Hilltop parking lot there is an eight mile trail to Supai Village. This trail may be traveled either by foot or horse.

http://www.grandcanyon.com/havasupai.html

We received two beautiful postcards from Mustafa B in Turkey. He writes: Hi! How are you. I promised to send you two postcards. I hope you like them (we do). Turkey has very historical places and sea tourism. All year more than 2 million tourists visit here. Best wishes. Your facebook friend Mustafa B.