Howard Johnson Inn Spearfish

Travel Blogs from Spearfish

Race to Spearfish for Preakness

A travel blog entry by rbseifert

We left the Best Western in Sheridan to run for the next Best Western in Spearfish. We made it in plenty of time. Stopped and took pictures along the way of the animals and Devil's Tower. Met several great people and stopped by the see the couple that owns the RV park that we stayed in when our green truck broke down and we traded up for Big Red in …

Gambling????

A travel blog entry by rbseifert

Today we had a wonderful day. We had breakfast (free continental) and headed for Deadwood. We stopped on the way to visit some of the things of interest. We headed for Spearfish Canyon.

The first was the Bridal Falls Waterfalls. That was very beautiful.

Then we went further and took pictures of the creek that the falls emptied …

Black Hills

A travel blog entry by beadledove

... I moved back a discrete distance.

We drove through pastures with free ranging buffalo and entered the main corral area. This is where the volunteers do an inventory of the herd, inoculate and brand calves, examine expectant mothers and decide which animals to sell at auction in a month. The refuge tries to maintain a sustainable herd of about 1,000 buffalo, which means that they put nearly 500 up for auction every year. There are no ...

Deadwood and The Black Hills

A travel blog entry by chadhanson

... the first thing you notice is that the town is really narrow. It sits in a tiny valley between two tall, lengthy hills. They have a history of bad flooding, and it's easy to see why! There's basically two very long streets. And then it's over. It seems like a town whose growth was stunted not only by the changing times and economy, but by physical location as well.

We took a trolley ride through town, followed by a tour of the Adams House Museum, which contains ...

Tractor Rally

A travel blog entry by chapy

The Tri-State Old Iron Association held a Tractor / old equipment Rally today. They drove the old tractors from Spearfish to Lead to Deadwood to Sturgis, SD.

Several of the International Harvestor, Farmall Tractors (H, M and Super M) were what we had on the farm and used when I ...