Had a Saturday off and we are going to go grocery shopping woo hoo......Think again haha we saw a sign that said Deadwood and off we go. Heading down the road on a beautiful day beats shopping any day. We come upon Sheridan Lake it has an interesting story it used to be a town and it is now under water completely I thought it was very cool and it is very pretty.
Driving and site seeing we come across Thunderhead Underground Falls http://www.thunderheadfalls.com/Welcome.html of course we have to go explore and it is free admission to us with our VIP black hills card. Down a long road and you dead end into a very pretty creek. This is a self guided tour that cost $9 per person. You are asked if you would like to listen to a history of the falls before you enter very short history but it was a very good listen. I would suggest take a light jacket it does it chilly. The hike back to the falls in not strenuous at all and very short. As you get closer to the waterfall you will get dripped on from above water and it gets very loud. There is so much water rushing down that you can barley hear yourself talk. It may not be very interesting for most but we thought it was a great attraction.
On the road again...... oh wait we see Black Hills Caverns Lets Go!!! http://blackhillscaverns.com/ we get to the cave and we are the only ones there Hmmm... does that mean this may be a waste of time??? I doubt it we are at a cave and we get to tour it. We go in and there is a tour just about to leave and guess what we get a private tour. Dylan is our tour guide and off we go and since we are a private tour we can go places in the cave that he would not be able to take a large group of people and take our time exploring woo hoo I am glad no one was here when we showed up. The deepest you go underground is 175 feet. This was the longest cave tour we have been on and the best by far!! we were so excited and of course it was free as well with our VIP card but that if you have to pay it was $14 a piece which is so well worth it. After the tour we checked out the Gem mining very cool. The sell a bag that will have alot of gems in it and you take it out and pan for your gems. This was included with our VIP tour so it was free. They have an area of gem panning that is free for the kiddies.The tour took around an hour I would suggest taking a jacket, wearing closed toe shoes if possible you can do the tour in flip flops but you will not be able to focus the beauty of the cave,and bring your camera for sure.
On the road again heading to Deadwood, SD I am super excited to get there. The drive is beautiful, good thing I was not driving because I was so mesmerized by the beauty of the blacks hill area. We made it the a free parking area where the trolley picks you up and drives you up to main st. You can ride the trolley for a couple of bucks make sure you have exact change they will not give change. Surprise the day we choose to go to Deadwood there is a festival going on so kind of hecktick but awesome. This street seems like it is one huge casino almost every building you walk into is a casino. We played of slots and of course we did not win but we walked through every casino to check them out not a whole lot of poker but slots will do. After checking out every shop on the street we are hungry and we choose a little diner on main st. Not the best choice service sucked food sucked even worse and so EXPENSIVE....for the food and portions we will never eat there again. We are so beat we head back to the car with and we walk by the Dominator 3 a tornado chasing vehicle sitting in the parking lot...Hmm I wonder why he is here?? We look behind us and see really dark clouds and it is starting to drizzle. Driving in the rain is never fun we stop at the gas station to grab a drink all of sudden we hear Hail and I swear a small tornado just went by. The hail was huge you could not see your hand in front of your face it was so crazy thankfully we are still in the gas station paying so we waited. The weather here is so crazy and unpredictable so this storm lasted maybe 10 minutes. We see the sun hop in the truck and head home. Maybe the Dominator was there because we knew this crazy storm was coming?? Just maybe ;-)
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