Go figure...

Believe it or not, we're still in South Dakota. In our last posting we said we were headed here. It's amazing how much there is to see and do in this state. We got here last Monday evening, and stayed in the SE corner of the state that night. On Tuesday morning we headed west and stopped at the "Corn Palace" - a huge theater/basketball arena with a corn-cob mosaic facade. It's hard to believe that corn comes in so many colors (see picture). We next headed west and drove through the "Badlands" of SD. Fabulous vistas - saw lots of prairie dogs, mountain goats and mule deer. We stayed that night in Wall, SD - home of the "World Famous" Wall Drug Emporium (think South of the Border type hype which got us there). It was only OK - can't think of a highlight.




Wednesday am we drove over to the Rapid City area and played golf at a spectacular mountain course named Red Rock (rated #1 in SD by Golf Digest). Weather was cool (high 60's), and windy. The greens were like lightening.

After golf we drove to the Mt. Rushmore KOA, where we stayed for 2 nights. We visited both the Mt. Rushmore and Crazy Horse memorials. Hard to believe we were actually standing there seeing such landmarks.



On Thursday we drove down to Custer State Park and did the "Wildlife Loop", where we saw lots of bison, antelope, and "wild" donkeys that came up to "Old Faithful" looking for food.









Friday am we decided to play Red Rock again before driving to Deadwood, SD. Weather started out nicely, then rained and hailed mid round before tuning beautiful again. We played with two doctors who gave us great scenic directions to Deadwood. They also recommended a terrific restaurant named "Jakes", which is located in the Midnight Star Casino. Jakes is owned by Kevin Costner, and there is memorabilia from every movie he ever starred in (the name Jake is from his role in the movie Silverado). The design, decor and, most of all, the food were top-notch.


Today (Saturday) we toured Boot Hill Cemetery, where both Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane are buried. Tonight we went back to town and saw a re-enactment of the shooting of Wild Bill by Jack McCall.


Tomorrow (Sunday) am we head north to North Dakota where we'll be staying tomorrow night before playing golf at the #1 rated course in North Dakota. The golf course is right next to Theodore Roosevelt National Park - hence its name Bully Pulpit.

Hope all is well with everyone "back home". Talk at you later.....

J&B