Hampton Inn Deadwood At Four Aces Casino

... the limestone cliffs of the canyon, on both sides of the road, and it's spectacularly beautiful. I scoped out the canyon Saturday evening, then went back Sunday morning to get the best shots I could. I went to the Roughlock Falls area this time, for the first time. Roughlock Falls is really a triple falls and I was impressed with how beautiful that canyon is. I'm going to go back ...

... in. Other than that this town in mostly filled with slot machines, and lots of em. Which again we also took in :( <br><br>We started out with a 40.00 dollar limit, and Jess rocked the Wheel of Fortune slot machine for probably 3 straight hours off the same 40 bucks. She more than doubled our 40 at one point, and I think we both knew we should have cashed ...

... We then ate lunch and went to the State Hot Springs Park and played in the disgusting pools and Mara slid down the slide. Both girls suffered injuries...Dessa - doubled scraped knees on the brush concrete floors and Zoe when Mara slammed her finger in a locker door. I was happy to leave and get on the road, We drove through Tensleep and over the southern Big Horn Range. I was literally on gas fumes when we hit ...

... know that I had "left" from the city life many hours ago. <br><br>We finally arrived at Deadwood, south Dakota at approximately 8 PM! My first thought that came to mind was the Old West! I wasn't kidding. The historic town was surrounded by tall, pine trees and the town itself was the real deal - a wild west town! Furthermore, the hotel that we stayed in, the Franklin Hotel, was very historic because it was built in 1903 and survived fires from the past century. <br><br ...

We drove into South Dakota and started all of the great touristy ****. We went to the Corn Palace and then to the Badlands Nationmal Park. Badlands was an awesome park and we loved doing some hiking around all of the crazy formations. We got some great pictures there and really enjoyed seeeing everything. We drove into Deadwood and set up tent. The wild bill nights festival was going on and we got to see Glen Campbell perform ...

... the monument, with only the face being completed and it still cost $10 to go in. I think I was there for about 10 mins!! Mt Rushmore was $10 to get into as well.<br><br>I stopped for lunch in Keystone and then through the Black Hills area to Deadwood. Once I got to Deadwood I went for a quick drive around town to see what it was like before going back to the hotel to drop the car off and walk into town (in case I had a few beers!). Dropping the car off was a great ...

... restaurant walls were adorned with animal skins and indian headresses. Found a supermarket where we bought some fresh fruit (yay!)...Oh, the fresh fruit is in the same isle as 17 different caliber of Winchester bullets and ammunition. Yep, hicksville indeed. Later that day we stopped in the 'Badlands' to look at the sand and mountain formations. We finished the ...

... This day did have one remarkable feature - the Bighorn Insect Massacre. We don't know if it was the temperature, the area or just an invasion but there were so many insects suiciding on our windshield - we cleaned it various times and as we neared our destination Stewart was having difficulty seeing through the mass of insect gunk. We safely arrived and stayed in Hardin but found out that the motel pool was shut for winter and the town was em...just shut. Due to the severe lack ...

... dusty highway stretched out before you, sunburn on your cheeks and engine purring beneath you. It's an incredibly romantic way to travel if you can afford to maintain a Harley, some of those bikes are worth twice the price of most people's cars and they look about ten times more fun. Am now back in the quiet peace of Thunder Bay, not a bike engine can be heard. Am off to Quebec City in two week's time. Am looking forward to hearing from you. Kim

... condensor, timing, and saw the vacuum was low. <br> I have talked aobut the national forest campgrounds in a former blog, but to repeat, they were generally pretty basic-no running water, no bathrooms (sometimes portojohns), sometimes picnic tables and trashcans, but that was about it. And I liked it liked it like that, because aa a general rule they were always ...