Wandering Retirees

Rapid City, SD.

We had a nice, relaxing day riding around the Black Hills of Western SD today. We covered about 150 miles including the town of Deadwood where Wild Bill Cody and Calamity Jane are laid to rest. The movies “Dancing With Wolves” and “A River Runs Through It” were filmed nearby in Spearfish Canyon, which has a beautiful road about 14 miles long. Kevin Costner has a restaurant in Deadwood called the Midnight Star that features a number of props used in his films. (We didn’t eat there ourselves – a little too touristy.) Connie got some nice pics, including the Bridal Veil Falls. We do love our waterfalls. We liked the road through the canyon so much we rode through both ways!

We had supper tonight with Arnie, a fellow rider from Florida, whom we first met at a Redwood Forest in Northern California. It was great sharing stories and suggestions for rides. We may meet up again further east as we move closer to home. We are following each other through FB.

It was a short day of riding. We have topped 9,600 miles, though.

Tomorrow we will be a bit more adventurous. We plan to ride east to the Badlands, a unique geological feature in SD.  Really looking forward to it.