Directly after we left the coffee shop The Wild Side, we returned to out car, and who did we see there...? JONATHAN! He biked 28 miles on a Cruiser!!! and found us, amazing. We unfortunately left him for Devils Tower, and would have loved to give him a ride, but our car was packed. You have no idea how packed our car is, it is full of CRAP! but we can't get rid of anything because it is all necessary "crap".
Upon arriving at Devils tower we were warmly greeted by a forecast of hail and rain. So... of course as we approached the half-way point of our hike around this halo for aliens, it began to rain. We finished our hike and headed to trading post and found used pans on sale!!! yahoo! So that night as we found the PERFECT campsite at Devils Tower we enjoy an nice meal of mushroom rice (don't worry we didn't pick the mushrooms ourself). We were in desperate need for a relaxing night so we watched "In the Land of Women" and went to bed.
The next morning we took our sweet time, and had fluffy yellow eggs with tomatoes and the famous POTATOES (God Bless the IRISH). We all sat at the table kind of dreading the biking for the day, so finally Amanda claimed... "I DON'T WANT TO BIKE TODAY" Brittany agreed, and Anna was happy for the company. So we drove to Deadwood and stopped in may cute towns including; Aladdin, Spearfish, Sturgis (because we all know that Anna has a little bit of Sturgis in h
er), and finally Deadwood, home of Wild Bill Hickok, and Calamity Jane.We decided to stay at the Whispering Gulches Campground and were pleased to see that it has a pool, free showers, and a fire-pit. Upon arriving Anna and Amanda biked into town and listened to some drunk singer make a fool of himself by saying completely inappropriate things to people walking by, while Amanda drew and Anna read. Brittany stayed back and cleaned up and set up camp. And for all of you who care... BRITTANY SHAVED HER LEGS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 7 MONTHS!!!
Last night we chose to go gourmet... so we made the most
wonderful French Onion soup, wit bread and cheese on top. We ate the whole pot of soup... the whole baguette... a block of swiss cheese!!!!WHOOOOOHOOO! And since that wasn't enough we went to the store to buy peanut butter M&M's. They didn't have any so we settled for Reese's cups. After our walk to the store Anna had this brilliant idea to go see Wild Bill's grave. It was in a cemetery about a half mile up a very steep hill. We charged up it and searched in the dark... in a cemetery for it. It was pretty amazing and after searching for about 30 minutes we kind of gave up and sat on a bench overlooking the city of Deadwood. For those of you unfamiliar with Deadwood... It is a city build on scandal and illegal activity. So as we sat and admired the city from above we heard the constant rumble of the thousands of Motorcycles running around town, and a singer at a steak joint. It was loud and beautiful. As we began to walk down the road towards the exit of the cemetery, what did we come across...? Wild Bill's grave! It was too dark to see, but satisfying to find. We walked back our camp sit in good spirits and promptly fell asleep, dreaming to Wild Bill and the Wild West!This morning we awoke to a hot tent, we were baking, and wearing all of our sweats! We decided to take a morning to ourselves. Amanda went to town and drew and old building and befriended a biker, while Anna (can you guess)...read, and Brittany read Harry Potter in Espanol. At around 10:30 we all met in town and looked around at the st
ores. We were pleasantly surprised to enter a store and see a wide variety of moccasins! And these little Indian girls all bought themselves a pair of moccasins; Amanda's are red (summer style), Brittany's are black (boot style), and Anna's are Fudge Brown (boot style). We left the store satisfied and ready for something cold to drink. The local coffee shop, Big Dipper, supplied us with cold coffee drinks, and 18 cookies!We then decided to sit and watch the crazy tourists in town who feel the need to take pictures of everything including this weird looking wooded statue of a... farmer? We listened to a man sing about his ex-wives at the restaurant next door and cooled off.
At around 1:00 we left Deadwood to swim at the pool and enjoyed every moment of it. Now... clean and full of PB&J we have half a day to waste and intend of doing so.
5 comments:
Dear Girls, I am so glad you spent the day relaxing. I'm sure your bodies needed it and even God rested on the 7th day. I'm glad that you were enjoying yourselves and even spent alittle money that was not food, just for the heck of it. Enjoy the rest of the day and dream of the Wild West and Hildago. Love, Mom
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Wow you guys sound like your having such a great time! It's neat that you guys get to experiance so many cool things. I hope some day when I'm your age I'll be able to do something like this. For Amanda: I'm finally getting farther on my running and I ran 3 miles today and I reached my 30 mile mark! Woo hoo!
Love, Elizabeth<3
Sounds like a GREAT weekend! I hope you were able to take a drive down Needles Highway and get a glimpse of Mount Rushmore. Or perhaps take another walk through the cemetary, just reading headstones. There are many, many names you will remember from your history classes. Oh, and the bit about the shaving? TMI, my friends. TMI. Love from another Mom
what loop did you stay in at norris on last sunday night? because tabitha and i WERE CAMPING AT NORRIS IN YELLOWSTONE THAT NIGHT TOO!! on C loop, spot number 50. we stayed a week, then drove out the same path you are taking: cody, gillette, deadwood, etc...
then we drove through mitchell south dakota, and when we got back to email access, turns out greg flew into mitchell the next morning after we drove through.
unbelievable. i actually still cannot believe it. we were within probably 400 yards. and we didn't even use a match on monday morning either!
i guess that teaches me to keep up on the blog a bit better, eh?
sounds like a great trip!
Hey girls,
I'm lovin' those mocassins! I'm glad you're taking time to check out all of the things along the way that are of interest to you. What a trip! Keep it up! Your blog is entertaining and inspiring. I kinda feel like I'm along for the ride! See you further down the road.
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