First Gold Hotel And Casino Deadwood

Then I drove down to Spearfish, So. Dak. Spearfish Canyon is in the Black Hills - so called because the evergreens on the hills are so dark green that they look black in the distance. Spearfish Canyon is beautiful any time of year, but is especially gorgeous this time of year, when all the aspen and birch turn golden. The gold trees are interspersed with the deep green evergreens ...

Today's drive was a lot better than yesterdays. South Dakota reminds us of home a little. Lots of mountains, trees and wildlife, beautiful. We made our way into the Black Hills Nat. Forest, and stopped in a old west town, Deadwood. Which is where Wild Bill was shot. Pretty much just another touristy town filled with shops and a few museums, which of course we ...

Yesterday was a learning experience....in preparation and patience. We started out the morning at our little bunkhouse in Thermopolis, WY. We then went to the Dinosaur Museum where Jimbo, Wyoming's biggest found dinosaur to date lives. He's a longneck. The girls squealed with excitement when they saw "baby maiasaurus" who "Diego" introduced them to in his "Great Dinosaur eadventure. I have some cool pics to be uploaded ...

... of former President Cory Aquino through my mother. since this was the rural area in the middle of nowhere, it was difficult to find any news from the Philippines unless there was a computer with internet access nearby. <br><br>After lunch, we got back on the road, watched several movies such as "spiderman 1 and 2", the entire "Rush Hour" trilogy, and saw several cows being themselves near ranches. Yes. The meadow area was all we could see for a few hours, and by then I had ...

... up. Christen was awake for an hour trying to endure the snoring. <br>- The sleeping pill Christen gave Iris (since Iris had no choice but to sleep in the tent tonight since our car was parked in the parking lot) proved to be extremely effective. Iris slept through the windstorm. She slept through Harley Man. And she slept through Christen trying to wake her up. If only these sleeping pills were as effective for Christen&#8230; <br><br>

I went back to Badlands National Park in the morning for a bit more of a look around before heading off towards the Black Hills area of South Dakota and the old western town of Deadwood. I had watched the Deadwood TV services back home and had to make sure I visited the town itself. <br><br>On the way to Deadwood, I stopped at Mt Rushmore and also the Crazy Horse Monument. I am not sure why I bothered with the Crazy Horse Monument. They are still along way from ...

... The corn designs on the building resemble the district displays at the Royal Easter Show. Very impressive. The corns attracted bees and wasps though which was funny as that was the quickest way to get ther Germans on the bus. Our lunch stop was at 'Al's Big Oasis' where Buffalo Burgers were the order of the day. We had simple sandwiches as 'Who eats buffalo ...

I left the last nights Moon Campground and didn't go very far. I did take a photo of an old shack and then stopped at another national forest campground-Beaver Creek, a mere 11.6 miles. I was having vehicle problems again and I spent a good part of the day doing maintenance. This consisted of various tune-up tasks again as I must not of solved the problem a few days ago ...