Black Hills, SD

Fri. 6/30
Crossed into South Dakota from Sundance WY through the lovely town of Spearfish, SD.   Great library there... and good choices for lunch.  It's a lovely green town.

Profiterole at Bay Leaf in Spearfish 

Deadwood, in SD's Black Hills, is an old gold-mining town turned tourist town  with the introduction of gambling.  Lots of hotels and restaurants, with old west themes.

Deadwood's Main Street.   Including the saloon where  Wild Bill Hickok  was shot over a poker hand.

Sat.  7/1:   Mt. Rushmore / Keystone SD
Keystone SD is a town set up to house and feed the hoards of tourists coming to visit Mt. Rushmore, about 3 miles and 1000 ft. of elevation up from the town.

Sun. 7/2:  Hot Springs, SD - nothing remarkable, just a place to stay.
Mon. 7/3:  Onward to Nebraska!  It's going to be hot as hell this week.  90 today.  100 by Thursday.