Less than an hour away is Mount Rushmore. As he stares up at the four Presidents carved in granite(花岗岩), his mouth and eyes open slowly, like those of a little boy.

　　“Unbelievable，” he says. “How was this done？”

　　A film in the information centre shows sculptor Gutzon Borglum devoted 14 years to the sculpture and then left the final touches to his son.

　　We stare up and I ask myself, “Would I ever devote my life to anything？”

　　No directions，no goals. I always used to hear those words in my father's voice. Now I hear them in my own.

　　The next day we're at Yellowstone National Park, where we have a picnic.

　　“Did you ever travel with your dad？” I ask.

　　“Only once，” he says. “I never spoke much with my father. We loved each other—but never said it. Whatever he could give me, he gave.”

　　That_last_sentence—it's_probably_the_same_thing_I'd_say_about_my_father._And_what_I'd_want_my_child_to_say_about_me.

　　In Glacier National Park, my father says, “I've never seen water so blue.” I have, in several places of the world, I can keep travelling, I realize—and maybe a regular job won't be as dull as I feared.

　　Weeks after our trip, I call my father.

　　“The photos from the trip are wonderful，” he says.“We've got to take another trip like that sometime.”

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