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🇺🇸 Questioning My Life Choices in Deadwood, South Dakota

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Day 2 – On the Road to Williston, North Dakota. 🇺🇸

North today!

Deadwood, South Dakota

First stop: Deadwood, SD. Have you seen the HBO show? Outstanding television. Ken is trying out all of his inappropriate Al Swearingen dialog.

Mount Moriah Cemetery

Detour to Mount Moriah Cemetery. I love old cemeteries. Saw the graves of Wild Bill Hickock and Calamity Jane. Seth Bullock wanted to be buried at the very *top* of the cemetery, so he could look out over Deadwood. Getting up there involved scaling a small mountain. After questioning my life choices a couple of times, I made it to the top. Seth has some great views up there.

I’m sure Deadwood was once a charming, little western town. Now? It’s a town made for, and supported by, tourists. Didn’t see anything particularly charming.

Belle Fourche

Stopped for about 3 minutes at the geographic center of the United States in Belle Fourche, SD. Plaque said this has been the center of the US since the addition of Alaska in 1959. Not sure this is as much the *actual* center as it was someone’s idea of a good place to put a plaque. Ken: “This might be the dumbest thing we’ve stopped for yet.”

Onward!

New state – North Dakota!

Ken would like you to know that ND is state #49 for him (#48 for me) and he is now, “leader in the clubhouse and champion of the known world”. I’m letting him have his little moment.

Teddy Roosevelt NP

Stopped for a quick, but ass-kicker of a hike at Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Very beautiful, very peaceful. I was hoping to see bison or wild horses. I saw massive piles of bison 💩, and a plague of grasshoppers.

Saw a ton of amber fields of grain today. And a shocking amount of oil digging/fracking.

Arrived for overnight in Williston, ND. Found the local watering hole. Had BBQ (decent, but let’s not pretend anyone does BBQ better than the South).

Our AirBnb came with a lovable purr-cat named Tux. He was rescued from the oil pipeline up here. And I’m in love with him. ❤️

Critter count: 1 herd of bison 🦬, 4 wild horses 🐴, 48 antelope, a plague of grasshoppers, and 1 dead elk. 😞

And Tux. ❤️

Cheers!

Travel date: September 7, 2024

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8 responses to “🇺🇸 Questioning My Life Choices in Deadwood, South Dakota”

  1. Chef Mimi Avatar
    Chef Mimi

    Love that kitty!

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  2. supernaturallyshadowy6eb7d6aa9b Avatar
    supernaturallyshadowy6eb7d6aa9b

    Add Crazy Horse Monument to Ken’s list. In 1969 my father INSISTED we all stop en route from KY to WA to see this site. BIG BIG MISTAKE in Dave’s book and he NEVER let us forget and we learned NOT discuss it. #1 Tourist Trap and it STILL isn’t completed!

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    1. The Flask Half Full Avatar
      The Flask Half Full

      We stopped there with Virgil and Helen when I was a teenager. Snoozefest!!

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  3. ehacarr Avatar
    ehacarr

    Would have found the cemetery visit quite interesting! Wild Bill Hickock and Calamity Jane ‘made real’! Somehow do not find cemetery visits at all morbid – the ones ‘back home’ in Estonia had the loveliest peaceful walks amongst huge trees and beautiful flower beds away from the clamor of the city, so . . . 🙂 ? And have been to Pere Lachaise in Paris more than once . . . Edith Piaf’s one to be visited . . . Oh, Tux does not seem to mind you either . . .

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    1. The Flask Half Full Avatar
      The Flask Half Full

      I actually love cemeteries. The older, the better. The cemetery in Germany where Ken’s grandparents are buried is very peaceful and serene. Have you been to the catacombs in Paris?

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      1. ehacarr Avatar
        ehacarr

        Have had it on the agenda . . . but still have to give a ‘no’ answer . . .

  4. Janis @ RetirementallyChallenged.com Avatar
    Janis @ RetirementallyChallenged.com

    I love cemeteries and will go out of my way to visit them while traveling. My all-time favorite was in Cuba, but the ones I explored in Oaxaca were pretty amazing too. They just don’t make them like they used to…

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    1. The Flask Half Full Avatar
      The Flask Half Full

      Latin cemeteries are particularly beautiful. At least that’s been my experience. Cheers!

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