One More Night in Deadwood

We're enjoying it so much around Deadwood, we decided to stay another night!  So instead of leaving Sunday, we'll head into Montana on Monday morning. When we got back to our campsite Friday night after the Paul Revere concert, three other groups of campers had moved in around us.  Three guys from North Dakota who come here every year to ride motorcycles for a few days, a family of 4 from Hot Springs with a 4-week old baby and a 3-year old, (they were about 10-feet away) and two couples sharing a tent.  All very different stories, and all very nice but, let me say, a much less peaceful sleep with the baby wanting to eat every few hours!  :)
Saturday was another very warm... ok, hot day for me.  Way too hot for town so we decided to ride.  That was hot, too, but at least there was more beautiful scenery. We drove north out of Deadwood to a town called Belle Fourche. That is where we will pick up the road to take us west into Montana. We noticed leaving the Black Hills immediately as the wide open spaces returned. From there we circled around and went to Sturgis.  We were both curious to see how it had changed since we were there 8 years ago. It sure was quiet compared to what it probably was a few weeks ago.  I think we only saw 5-6 other motorcycles.  The town seemed to have grown immensely from what we remembered, though.
We got home from our ride early evening and everyone was in town.  We decided to just sit back, enjoy the campsite and cooling air.  We played Gin Rummy, I won, and then we hit the sack to catch up on a little lost sleep from the night before.  Never heard a thing when they all came home.
This morning there was the Kool Deadwood Nights Car Parade.  They went right by Whistler Gulch so we had a front row seat.  Rick was having a blast. All the hot rods would lay a little rubber and people would hoot and holler and cheer.  These people really love their old cars!  After the parade, Rick went for a short 8.3 mile, 2-hour hike.  He's something else.  I went for a swim, read, and played Granny Nan to 4-week old Baby Olive while the family next to us, and almost all the other campers, packed up and headed out.  Peace and quiet has returned to Deadwood and the Paris duo is heading west in the morning.  Happy trails.