July 3-4, 2016

Mount Rushmore National Memorial

After a 4 hour drive to Hill City, South Dakota, our home for 2 nights was at the Mount Rushmore KOA at Palmer Gulch.

The KOA was a nice KOA but we were put in the overflow area as we piddled around making our reservations here, forgetting that we were going to be there over the 4th of July. Our fault for taking our time on this one.

Gene had seen Mt. Rushmore with his family as a teen but it was a first for me. I am happy I was able to check this item off of my bucket list. Mt. Rushmore is really something to see.

After seeing the memorial we took the short drive to Keystone, SD and had lunch at the Ruby House in Keystone. Fun little restaurant. 

July 4, 2016

Deadwood, SD

Fun, fun, fun. We took a tour of Deadwood with Alkali Ike Tours in Deadwood. We really enjoyed our guide, very fun and informative.

We visited Kevin Costner's Midnight Star and loved seeing all of the Kevin Costner memorabilia on display there.

We also spent some time giving away some of our hard earned cash here. There are casinos everywhere. Gene was able to win $200 at the #10 Saloon so we came out ahead on that deal. Yay!

Next stop....Fort Collins, CO