Oregon Trail - Day Three

Oregon Trail - Day Three
August 30, 2009
States: SD, WY, MT

This morning was another early morning for me. I was up and showered before 7:30am. I spent some time organizing my pictures and blogging while KMD got ready. Breakfast was communal style at the B&B. We had a strada (eh), yogurt, fruit and granola mixed together (like crack to me), cheese and bread. Very Euro. It was good and we sat with our new besties, Bev and Mary. Before we left, Bev approached us with her 'business card' and asked us to keep in touch. We felt this gesture warranted a picture with them. Bev kept saying we felt like her family. Weird, but nice. After saying our goodbyes, we took off for Mt. Rushmore.
The B&B:

This was what we drove along out of the black hills:


Mt. Rushmore was amazing. As we drove up the hill to the monument, we turned a curve and there it was! We stopped for a picture and kept going to the parking lot. Mt. Rushmore was very majestic. We walked through The Avenue of Flags. I loved walking through all the flags of the states and then Mt. Rushmore appears. I took a lot of pictures from different angles and spot around the park.
The Avenue of Flags:

Mt. Rushmore:

Departing, Mt. Rushmore we headed to Deadwood. Mostly, because ECW really wanted us to go there. He loves the show and we love him, so of course we had to stop. It was very cute and almost looked like the backlot of a movie studio. The weirdest part was everything was a casino. I mean everything. Every hotel,shop, bar - had slots and tables. We struggled for a while to find a place to eat. It was harder than you would think. Finally, we ended up at this dive bar (to us, others probably liked it) with bar food. This was the same place Buffalo Bill was shot. At least that was interesting.

Upon finishing our meal, we really needed to hit the road and get some miles under our belt. We went through the northern portion of Wyoming and it was less than beautiful, but my cell service was amazing. Most of SD, it was dicey. We paused in Billings, MT for a quick dinner and then headed to Bozeman. We stopped in Bozeman for the night.

After leaving Deadwood, this is the most time we spent in the car just driving with no sightseeing detours. It sounds like a lot, but there was lots of laughing, reading gossip blogs and chatting.

Good Night - I'm Dozing in Bozeman.