Day 4: Devil's Tower and Deadwood
We stopped at Devil's Tower, Wyoming. Close Encounters of the Third Kind was filmed here. I forgot my sunglasses and was blinded by the bright sun, so we didn't stay long. On to the next stop of the day...
For those of you who either watch the HBO show Deadwood or are fans of the Old West, you will like these next photos. We stopped in the real life town of Deadwood, South Dakota. The main street still looks authentic, but as soon as you look in the storefront windows, the effect is ruined. Slot machines fill almost every building in this town. Gambling was made legal again in 1989 and it seems like the casino's have taken over the town.
We visited the hillside cemetary in Deadwood and saw the gravestones of Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane and Sheriff
Seth Bullock.
Day Five: Mount Rushmore
We stayed in Rapid City, South Dakota and the next morning, stopped at Mount Rushmore on our way out of town. We figured we would have the place all to ourselves, since it was a cold Monday morning. We arrive to the parking lot and are surprised to see it full of cars. It just so happened that we visited Mt. Rushmore on the day of the new South Dakota quarter unveiling ceremony. There was an ampitheater filled with people, with the President of the US Mint, the mayor of Rapid City and the Governor of SD on stage.
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