http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/South-Dakota/Deadwood/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , South Dakota , Deadwood en-us Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:29:13 BST Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:29:13 BST Since the last time I wrote we were playing in the Tetons. We awoke at Flagg Ranch for a day in Yellowstone National Park. I apologize in advance to all of you out there that have been to Yellowstone and LOVED it. I LIKE it. Nick really wanted to see Old Faithful so we decided that we would do a 60 mile loop within the park which would allow us to see about 40 sulfur spewing geysers waterfalls an http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/South-Dakota/Deadwood/blog-311504.html Moab to Mount Rushmore was a 700 mile drive so we decided to hit the road early and get as far as we could in one day but would try and see some countryside and not just highway. We therefore turned off to take a leisurely route through the Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado which was really a good decision. We actually saw some greenery after the desert phases of the previous areas. High http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/South-Dakota/Deadwood/blog-299151.html 10 more minutes before the dryer finishes it final load with a few more socks to pack so some time to figure this blog thingy out. Guess i won't be to lazy to keep you updated but lazy enough not to use my own website...Stay in touch sorry most of you won't be thereCheersRob http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/South-Dakota/Deadwood/blog-297656.html Well the Dunns have been busy travelers since our last blog. We drove fourteen hours yesterday which was approximately 842 miles. Our entire travel distance thus far has totaled 1291.8 miles. Our average driving speed has been 61.2 miles per hour. Tony is giving me these stats off of Garmin while he drives. You all know hersquos the numbers guy. The girls were incredible travelers all day http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/South-Dakota/Deadwood/blog-286987.html We had planned to stay at Oahe Downriver State Park until June 15 2008 but because of the mounting cost of fuel we decided to leave early so we departed Oahe Monday May 19 2008 and headed to Deadwood South Dakota. If fuel continues to rise as is expected we were concerned that if we stayed at Oahe for another month before we continued traveling if was going to start to get very expensiv http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/South-Dakota/Deadwood/blog-286038.html We headed out of Custer north on SD18 and quickly arrived at the Crazy Memorial. It is going to be a fantastic mountain sculpture when itrsquos finished but it will be some years yet. As the official website states ldquoSculptor Korczak Ziolkowski and Lakota Chief Henry Standing Bear officially started Crazy Horse Memorial June 3 1948. The Memorial's mission is to honor the culture traditi http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/South-Dakota/Deadwood/blog-228297.html When I was about 6 the movie ldquoCalamity Janerdquo starring Doris Day and Howard Keale was released. This was the first summer that my mom worked full time and her dad my granddad took care of me. The cinema was just around the corner from his house and my friends and I went to see the ldquoCalamity Janerdquo Tuesday matinee. Matinee showings were held just three times a week and I b http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/South-Dakota/Deadwood/blog-196336.html Untitled To get from Ten Sleep to Buffalo Wyoming and then to where we are now South Dakota's Black Hills you have to travel over Big Horn Mountain and climb to 9966 feet through Powder River Pass. While it is only about 70 miles it took us nearly 2 hours with Millie traveling winding uphill mountain roads for half of that time. Alot of anxiety on our part for Millie especially when we http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/South-Dakota/Deadwood/blog-176616.html I must start this entry off with one of the weirdest nights out I have ever had and I apologise in advance for upsetting any Americans who might read this but honestly you couldn't make up some of the sights we saw in a bar in Deadwood last night. My name is Earl and his brother were there and their dancing alone could probably fill another paragraph every other person had really bad facial ha http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/South-Dakota/Deadwood/blog-175676.html Expected an uneventful long drive over to Rapid City to pick Mark up from the airport but yet again surprised by some of the sights in between. Funniest moment of the day caused by about 400 cows and 89 Cowboys herding them down the road and holding up traffic for about 10 mins finally one of these guys on the horses beckons the cars through so we had to inch through the cows very slowly almos http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/South-Dakota/Deadwood/blog-175485.html