Road Trip Day 2 - Kool Deadwood Nights

Our plan, this evening, was to take in

the official first day of Kool Deadwood

Nights ~ look at the cars, eat, listen to the

music and enjoy the activities.

The streets were filling up with cars as

they started to block the streets so

only the old cars could park.

We ate again at "Mustang Sally's" and

enjoyed our burgers.   As we finished

eating, it started to rain.

and unfortunatly it continued to rain,

we headed down the street for an

ice cream cone hoping it would quit.

No such luck, so our first experience

of Kool Deadwood Nights was pretty

limited ~ we will have to go back

sometime and stay a couple of days.

Road Trip - Day 2, Black Hills

In the morning, we were off to wander

around the Black Hills.   We honeymooned in

the Black Hills 40 years ago and have

visited several times. 

It was time again to stop in at Mount

Rushmore.  At Mount Rushmore, you only

pay to park, there is plenty to do (hiking,

shopping and museums).

We then drove, ended up at Norbeck Overlook (park

area).  We  unloaded our chairs and had some

lunch behind our packed car in the parking

lot (homemade sandwhiches hit the spot).

We didn't recall this area so there may

have been some improvements (parking lot etc)

in the last few years.

This was our view during lunch.

On to Custer State Park, so that we didn't

have to back track.

Needles Highway and the tunnel.

It is amazing what people drive through

this tunnel (trucks, campers, buses).

A stop at Sylvan Lake ~ they have a nice

gift shop (which they have remodeled 

since we last stopped).

On the way back to Deadwood, we stopped

in Hill City at what used to be the Mangy 

Moose -- it is still the same owner, we were

told, but the name was changed to 

Tin City Saloon.

We took a break, sat and watched

the traffic.

Then to Kool Deadwood Nights

for the evening.... 

(the pictures of us have been revised

smaller in size ~ but it looks like if you

open the pictures up they are correct

and not pixeled).    I spent way too much

time on this issue and then ended up 

messing things up when I cleared the 

cache,  I couldn't access my email.  I know

it doesn't make sense.

Ugh technology.

Road Trip Day 1

We made it to Sturgis, South

Dakota.  It was the day after the

motorcycle rally ended, it was pretty

quiet and many of the vendors were

already moved out.

We have a couple of favorite spots here

that serve delicious "steak tips".  Our

first pick "The Knuckle" was closed

for cleanup and some rest. 

So we headed to the "Loud American",

the music was loud and the beers

were still rally priced at $10.   The

steak tips were delicious!

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Then we headed to Deadwood, SD to

spend a couple of nights. 

After making plans and trying to

decide what our route (out west) would

be we found out that Deadwood Kool

Nights would be just starting in Deadwood.

A car show, it would make a great start

to our vacation.  We walked the

streets watching for the cars and maybe

shopping (window shopping) a bit.

We ate at another place we have been

at before "Mustang Sally's", they make

a good burger and big salads.

A early night in after our day of driving,

the cars show up tomorrow.

MN ~ ND ~ SD

(I am having issues with cellphone pictures

posting very grainy, will try to fix).

Busy Weekend

This weekend, we had company for

a couple of nights,   Grand #1 and #3.

There was some baseball catch

being played...

and we went to the local Mini Golf 

(which by the way is very nice)

There were 3 

Hole in Ones!

It was a fun time, we got to the last

two holes and it decided to rain.

So no picture, in front with the

mascots...

Part of the weekend we spent

preparing for a road trip that

is coming up.

2nd Week of August

 2nd Week of August, the weather

was really pretty nice (we still need

some rain).   The weather has been

much better with controlling of

those nasty flies that bug horses.

* We wished Daughter and Son-in-law

a Happy 13th Anniversary!

* We wished Hubby's Mom and Dad, a

Happy 66th Anniversary!

We voted!

And the old cat is now 10 years old, 

quite a celebration for an outside

barn cat.

Heading into a fun weekend!