Seniors gone wild - Day 11

This is Deadwood, South Dakota. Deadwood has a pretty interesting history. It's burned to the ground twice and wiped out by a flood. Naturally, not much of Deadwood is original. The saloon where Wild Bill was shot is still under the saloon that took it's place and for 10 bucks you can go down and see it. We passed. None the less, Deadwood is really pretty. 

Nestled in a little canyon surrounded by mountains. We arrived fairly early in the day so we missed a lot of people :-)

 

At this shop, we bought a buffalo skull. We've talked about getting one for a long time. Now, every time we look up at it, we'll think of our 2 week adventure and our 30th anniversary.

After Deadwood, we headed for Wind Cave National Park. Along the way though, we got side tracked by the Crazy Horse Memorial

Some day it's going to look like this;

It's a really beautiful complex. Lots of information, displays, artifacts, etc. But after watching the mini movie about the memorial, you come to realize it's really about the $$. In 70 years they've only gotten the face done. Yeah, they'll never finish it. And why should they? I still really enjoyed it though, for what it is.

We never made to Wind Cave. We got lost. ADVENTURE! 

Did you know there was a place called Wall Drug, in South Dakota? We saw a few signs;

 

 

  

 

It has a fun history but mostly now it's just an enclosed strip center.