Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Day 6: Deadwood, Belle Fourche, and Wyoming

From Yesterday:
Total Miles Sunday: 148 miles
Total Miles for Trip: 1748 miles

For Today:
Total Miles Today: 371 miles
Total Miles for Trip: 2119 miles

We started our morning off in Deadwood, visiting Mt. Moriah - where Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane are buried. It was a cool cemetery. We then went into town and saw Adams Museum. I learned a lot about the history of Deadwood, including Deadwood had a Chinatown and that brothels were still in business as late as 1980. We then cruised Main Street, stopping in at Kevin Costner's casino, The Midnight Star.

We stopped in Belle Fourche, which is the geographic center of the US (when you include all states or something like that).

We spent the next 5 hours driving. We stopped in Gillette and I got a cool Bono bag at Walmart (who knew?). We stopped in Chugwater for dinner- I love that name!! We got to our hotel about 9 and I'm typing this so I can crash. I'm whipped!!

Wyoming is beautiful!! We circled around a storm and saw some amazing rainbows and a beautiful sunset. People are scattered far apart, I would love to talk to someone about how they live here.

Tomorrow we head to Colorado and one state closer to home.

Until tomorrow....
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