With a couple of
long driving days ahead to return to Anita & Jim's home, it was good to get
away early. We have a few things to do on our way to Sheridan.
First stop Deadwood.
A fascinating historic town - no stage coach - but we did visit the Mt Moriah
Cemetery to see the graves of Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane.
Then we continued
our journey to Devils Tower National Monument, a familiar natural feature,
sacred to Native Americans, more well known as a location used in the film
Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
After a brief rest
stop we continued on to Devils Tower. It was visible from quite a way off. Up
close it is extraordinarily impressive.
There were many
climbers on lots of different routes. Did not see anyone reach the top. They
were still all en route. As we walked around the 2km base trail, we saw many
different groups.
Our final leg was on
I90 (Interstate route 90) which would take us into Sheridan for the night.
As we moved west we
travelled through the flatter open plains I had envisioned as the norm for this
state. Still there were some rolling hills here and there, and some occasional
higher outcrops.
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| Just chilling in our cottage |
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| Lots of colourful painted bison around Custer |
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| Hill City |
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| Her dying wish was to be buried next to Bill Hickok |
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| Overlooking Deadwood from the cemetery |
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| Historic houses in Deadwood |
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| Deer roam the cemetery |
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| Monument at a rest stop to the Custer expedition |
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| Five musical notes come to mind! |
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| More Prairie Dogs |
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| Long horn cattle |
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| More Pronghorn Antelope |
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| Lunch time routine |
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