***Miles travelled today: ...will add tomorrow - as we forgot to write them down - but it was more than 40!!!
***Total Miles:
***States travelled through: Still in South Dakota...
So - after breakfast, where we decided on our route for today... carried over from yesterday... with an addition - as it was referenced at the Pow-Wow last night... (A place that is sacred to Native Americans called Bear Butte - pronounced 'beaut' - not to be confused with 'Bare Butt' as we have been pronouncing it!!!) we were on our way...
We killed some time on the interstate - before going up to 'Bear Butte'... where we met a woman who was making prayer ties... and I asked her what they were symbolising... she explained how the different colours represented different things and were also representative of the four corners of the earth... on thanking her for her time, she said, "You were moved to ask the question..." which I though was just a really amazing way of putting something...
We have included a photo of the butte, and what you might see is the outline of a Native American lying on his back - with a big tummy - or maybe his hands crossed over his tummy...
We then made our way to Deadwood, a town made famous during the mining years... but also a town famous for all the wild west debauchery!!! We visited the cemetery where 'Wild Bill' and 'Calamity Jane' are buried.
Then we carried on to Spearfish Canyon - which was just amazing... we have included some pics of the afternoon drive...
Suzi - your sticker for today needs to go on SPEARFISH CANYON...
...tomorrow we are putting some more miles behind us as we head further west towards Grand Teton...
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