But the great memories remain! Another fabulous (dry!) day in the Black Hills. Today, we got a leisurely, yet respectably early, start to the day. Which was good, because we hit our first bit of road work. It wasnt too bad though, which was good because we were headed to Deadwood!
What a cool little old town - just enough of a touristy feel to be fun and different without being totally overboard like Keystone. We stopped in at a saloon, were we chatted it up with Ken, the friendly, super fab-u-lous bartender. He gave us some tips on how to get to our next destination too. We did some quick parusing of the shops, grabbed a bite to eat and hit the road again.
Next stop - Bella Fourche, the original geographical center of the United States. They had a great little museum and an original old cabin that was fully furnished, in addition to a huge granite marker to show mark the spot. We stayed here a little longer than we thought we would because there were so many fun little things to see.
After that, we went to the DC Hatch Historic Fish Hatchery. Well, Dan did - the rest of us sat out and enjoyed the sunshine by the nearby stream. John thought it would be nice to dip his feet in. Turns out the water was REALLY cold! As you may have noticed, I took the opportunity to catch up on the blog too. :)
It was interesting because John ordered a book from Sturgis and had it set to deliver to the hotel. Well that was a week ago and it had still not arrived, so he called to find out what was going on. Turns out the fulfillment center was like six blocks from where we were sitting in Spearfish! He arranged to pick it up on our way out of town. Not only did he finally get the book, but they also refunded the shipping fee and gave him a cool patch for the trouble! It was cute because the place we went was just an internet order fulfillment center for all kinds of stuff. The (two) employees we saw were so excited to actually MEET one of their customers! So everyone was happy.
Finaly, we rode through Spearfish Canyon on the way home. And, once again, wow! The area did not disappoint at all! We saw some waterfalls and all kinds of other cool stuff. The roads were great, traffic was pretty light and it was just a really enjoyable ride.
The weather was called for evening rain so we headed back to Newcastle a little earlier than usual. We agreed on a 6:00 meeting time for dinner. Dare to venture a guess on where we went? Eehh - wrong! No Pizza Barn for us tonight! We tried a new place in town called Isabella's and it was great! It is Italian, so you KNOW I was happy. We've all agreed that we would come back if we end up eating in town again before we leave (which I'm not ready to think about yet!) The rain started just as we were paying the bill, so we got back to the hotel safe and dry to hunker down for the evening.
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