Lot’s has happened since I last posted here but feeling so guilty about not finishing this TRIP, so here’s my attempt to get this done.
We left the beautiful cabin and our friends on the 21st of May 2023 around 7:30 am, drove 592 miles to The Lodge at Deadwood in South Dakota. Great scenery on the way such a beautiful drive. Really great place to stay, we plan a few days here plus it has a Casino. It’s convenient to the places we wish to visit while here.
Our agenda today (May 22, 2023) was to visit Sturgis and Deadwood, both near by. Sturgis was first on the list even though it’s not rally time, not many motorcycles but we did visit a lot of shops, got our t-shirts etc. and did a tour of the Motorcycle Museum. Another check off of the bucket list. Took lot’s of photos and then we’re off to Deadwood.
Deadwood was certainly not what we expected, maybe we never found the old town version. What we did see was lot’s of hotels and casino’s. We checked out a couple of the casino’s, played some, got tired and went back to our own hotel and casino, The Lodge @ Deadwood.
Next day 23rd. of May we were on our way to Mount Rushmore. On the way found this quaint little restaurant, Sugar Shack and ate a huge breakfast there. Had always wanted to visit Mount Rushmore, can now check that off the bucket list. Spent a good amount of time there, very interesting how it was built and the background behind it.
On our way back to the hotel we ran across this very interesting place Dahl’s Chainsaw Art in Keystone, SD which later we found had multiple locations. The art work was fantastic and hard to believe this could be done with nothing but a chain saw.
Then back to our hotel after a long beautiful day. Was raining by the time we got back to the hotel. Made decision to head home starting tomorrow, booked a room at the Harrah’s in Counsil Bluffs, Iowa for tomorrow night. Only $85 for the night, not bad. 🙂
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