Saturday June 28, 2014 (pictures below)


Hi Everyone,


Time to play catch up.  Wednesday Jim went to play golf at Elkhorn Country Club.  He said the course was really nice.  It took advantage of some me time and walk/jog around the park 4 times and did some laundry.  When Jim got home we went to dinner at Saloon no. 10.  Meal was great and we had the best brochette. 


Thursday we drove to Sturgis to walk around and have lunch.  The town was pretty much dead (no motorcycles), but the town folks were pretty nice.  Sturgis is now known because of the motorcycle rally they have every year in August, but back in the 1800 is was the home of Fort Meade.  It was at this fort that the Star Spangled Banner was first played in an official capacity for evening retreat.  It was also at Fort Meade that the only military survivor of the Battle of Little Big Horn, Comanche a Cavalry horse was officially retired with military honors.   It is amazing how much history is concentrated in the Black Hills.  That night we experience the worse thunder storm that we have had on this trip.  The RV park we are in use to be a cattle ranch so it is open land, so to have winds in excess of 70 miles per hour in a 5th wheel with no buffer was a whole new ball game.   It was pretty scary.  On the news Friday morning we learned that there had been a tornado just 50 miles away by Devils Tower.


Friday morning we took a drive over to Leads.  Leads use to be an old mining town.   The main road through town is under construction so we did not get to see much, but we did happen to get a couple pictures of some old homes.  Leads is so close to Deadwood that we stopped and did some more sightseeing in Deadwood.  


Saturday was a cleaning day as we leave here tomorrow for Mitchell, SD.  We did take a ride in the afternoon to see Bridle Veil Falls.    We have really enjoyed South Dakota and will be back.  


Love to all,
Jim and Debbie