Black Hills and Close Encounters

There were many photo ops for Sally today, and some were risky. She had a great view of the Needles when exiting Custer State Park this morning. She had a “Shot in the Dark” (espresso in dark roast coffee) while escaping a duel with Wild Bill Hickock in Deadwood, and the hogs were scarce in the Sturgis off-season.

Sally had a “Close Encounter” of the Squirrel kind visiting Devil’s Tower. After leaving this first national monument she got to visit some of her prairie dog cousins. Then while traveling through Tensleep, a town where her mom Corey visited while in girlscouts, she came across a tavern boasting an unpleasant use of her name: Dirty Sally’s. To top that off, she drove through the town where her tormenter, Mr. Cody the dog, was named after.

The Needles, Custer State Park, SD


Final resting place of Wild Bill Hickock, Deadwood, SD


Motorcycle mania city, Sturgis, SD


Devil's Tower National Monument, SD


Prairie dogs just outside of Devil's Tower


Dirty Sally's, Tensleep, WY


Cody, WY