Spearfish Canyon Lodge Lead

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 ...

... in. Other than that this town in mostly filled with slot machines, and lots of em. Which again we also took in :(

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 ...

... If the last 23 miles wasn't downhill, we would've been calling roadside service! We went 349 miles on that tank...that's a tidbit for you, Corina, if you are reading...Ms. new to the Sienna mini-van world. :)

After filling up, we literally waited a half hour at a road construction stop in downtown Buffalo. I was about ready to ask the flagger for one of her smokes! ****** cell phone service the rest of the night ...

... full of history and most importantly clear cool streams for fishing!!!
We stayed just south of Deadwood, which is an amazing little town, exactly what you would expect a cowboy town to look like. recently due to the need for the city to keep all the old buildings maintained the city has allowed gambling, which in some ways appears to be taking over the town. we were there a week or so after Sturgis bike week, and there were still ...

... famous people in front of the doors, and then see their obituary and picture in the middle of the room. Yeah, I actually got freaked out after seeing that for the first time. But I ended up not thinking about the scary stuff since I was hungry and wanted to check the town out.

When we went out of the hotel to go around town, we saw how gambling became a necessity in this city by checking out every store that had slot machines and what not! Furthermore, we ended up ...

... Tja, blijkbaar waren er twee bruiloften...maar ze wisten ons een ander aan te bevelen...aan de buitenkant zag deze er een beetje apart uit...helemaal toen we binnen kwamen....een jonge dame, die zwaar aan de gothic was, aan de balie. Maar ze was wel aardig, bleek ongeveer overal in de VS te hebben gewoond (we schatten haar op plm. 17 jaar...dus je vraagt je af hoe dat kan...enfin, we hoeven ook niet ...

... as it turned out I ended up partying on til the early hours.

The afternoon started off checking out some of the bars before stopping into Saloon No.10. It boasts as being the spot where Wild Bill was shot. The original bar burnt down but this reconstructed to look like the original bar. It was a great spot for a drink and I ended up talking to a couple who were visting there from Canada and having some drinks with them. They were quite suprised to see an ...

After the ZZ Top Concert last night we decided to do a little exploring. We had some friends recommend a ride through the hills and through an old town from the 1800's called Deadwood (http://www.deadwood.org ). It was a great ride. We rode about 120 miles and stopped about half way and a little shopping area along the road. I took a few pics of things they had there that I ...

... I know one of them was a B52 Bomber. Anyway it was interesting. We drove west to Sturgis where we found a camp ground near the road. We went to investigate prices and eventually stopped at a site occupied by an enormous RV and a couple sitting outside. We asked them if they knew the price of the sites as we couldn't find anyone to ask. We ended up talking to them and they wanted to talk some more and have a drink with us so they said ...

... It had some nice displays, but it too was a bit dated. We then headed to Savoy, SD, were we stayed at the bottom of Spearfish Canyon (Spearfish Canyon Lodge). At the Welcome to South Dakota sign we stopped. The pose this time was of tired travelers...zzzzzz. After seeing the other canyon drives, Spearfish Canyon was nothing to write home about. It did have one nice water fall, just off the road. Once we got to the lodge, we decided to eat at the lodge's restaurant. The service ...