We packed up and left Yellowstone but not before we saw a few more lone bison on our way out. They are such insane animals, so powerful, but seem so gentle. Today was going to be jam-packed with sites to see and history to unfold. We headed for Deadwood, South Dakota. This place is just like a true town from back in the days. The old mining town from the gold rush of the Black Hills Mountains, boasted general stores and saloons galore, this place was the real deal, not like new construction made to look old, this place really is the original gold rush town. We drove through and walked around for a bit. Grabbed a map of the place as a keepsake, but had to keep trucking to stay on schedule.
Next up was Sturgis, home of the famous week and a half bike fest. Since it wasn't August the place was a ghost town. We drove through and it seemed like any other small town, except for they had this cool sign up on their town mountain that had Sturgis spelled out in white letters. It looked just like the famous Hollywood sign. Sweet! We checked out the famous Full Throttle Saloon which wasn't open, but we took a picture of the huge cowboy statute in front of the place. Before we left we raced some kids in the local grocery store parking lot and we were on our way!
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