After seeing some of the sights, we went to a archaeologist dig. Some of the fossils they were digging up were attached to some bizzare animals!! Whilst at the visitor centre inside the 'Badlands National Park'we got talking to a really nice couple from Toronto who were travelling with their Corvette Club. We saw so many Corvettes - it was great. Scott & Kay were actually in Australia earlier this year for a similar event. We are looking to catch up with both Scott & Kay when we get to Toronto in late August - it should be fun.
On the way home - and on the way there - we were noticing signs, every 100 metres of the same store, over and over again! The store was called 'Wall Drug' (the town was called Wall), and we saw no less then 500 signs for it. We decided that we had to go see if it lived up to all the signs, and it turned out to be about 15 stores in one big superstore!
We were nearly home when it was decided we had to go have a try of American Miniature Golf. Gena won for probably her first ever time! With Riley coming second and Bluey and Bailey coming equal last. Once that was finished we decided to go and have dinner at the 'Firehouse Brewery Co.' It looked like it was going to be great as we walked in there, though I will say that the food was pretty underwhelming.
So far today we have gone and visited the 'Gutzon Borglum Museum' - the sculptor who was responsible for the design and construction of Mt. Rushmore. What an interesting person. There are so many things that we see in America that he had a hand in - it is amazing. I think Bluey had the most fun there, spending twice the amount of time on the audio tour then any of us! We then swung by Mt. Rushmore one last look and another 30 or 40 pictures. It is a pretty amazing phenomenon.
There is a very scenic road leading up to Mt.Rushmore which is off the beaten track a little and quite windy, but the as you can see from the picture above, you travel through tunnels at different points of the road, each of them giving you a view of the Presidents. Very clever I reckon.
From there we have made our way to Deadwood, Sth Dakota, where we are staying for the night before travelling up to Nth Dakota tomorrow. Deadwood is a famous Western Town from the 1800's and still looks like it. Wild Bill Hickok, famous gunslinger, lawman and gambler was shot dead here in Deadwood on August 2, 1876 and the town has nightly recreations of the capture of his assassin and the subsequent trial, which we witnessed this evening. It was entertaining. The infamous Calamity Jane also had Deadwood as her resting place.
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