We woke up to sunny skies, 71 degrees and by 9 a.m. it was 83 degrees. Deadwood was pretty good sized and had a lot of wonderful historic buildings, but you still don’t get to see a town restored to what it really was. I’m sure there weren’t gift stores selling souvenirs and casinos all over the place. I’m sure there were a lot more saloons! It was hot today, in the 90’s but we walked around there for an hour or so. Didn’t part with any greenbacks, not even any coin in the slots. Oops, I lied, we split a scoop of Java Chunk ice cream.
We were close to Lead (leed) and drove through it, historic but not geared to the tourist trade. The Homestake mine is there though they are not currently operating. You can look into the open pit mine, pretty impressive. Then we took the scenic drive from there up to Spearfish. We stopped and saw a couple of water falls. It was a beautiful drive. Lots of cool rock formations and it ran along Spearfish creek. We stopped in Spearfish for a few groceries and then headed back home to Rush-No-More campground…home-sweet-home.
Big cloud buildups again! Mostly to the east of us, fortunately. We saw a couple
flashes that almost blinded us and had a couple rolling claps of thunder, but it only rained for a couple minutes and that was it. It moved off east of us. Rapid got it a lot worse. We took a walk after dinner to visit the horses and the very pregnant mare we had been keeping our eye on had a baby with her. Still kinda wobbly, but in a few days he’ll be running all over the place.
Today is Seth’s second birthday! Happy birthday, Cutie!It is after 9 p.m. and we are being treated to another stunning light show! Lots of great lightning. Windy and cooler, makes it easier to sleep.
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