Historic Franklin Hotel And Day Spa 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 ...

... 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 ...

Left Rapid City in the morning for Deadwood, South Dakota. We parked at the visitor center and took the trolley through town to get an overview. Then we walked up and down the main drag. We took a bus tour of the town which also took us up a steep hill ...

We made it to Deadwood around 5 pm. We unknowingly planned our trip just right and arrived during their annual Wild Bill Days that celebrates the life of Wild Bill Hitchcock. We were very lucky and found a campground near downtown that had public transportation. The campsite was towards the top of a little mountain and we wedged the tent in to a little cove in the wood to keep out of the wind. The public transportation in this town is a ...

... 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.

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 ...

... of the deep forest.
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