Valentine's in Deadwood-February 18, 2017

Thanks to some unseasonably warm weather we were able to spend three days in Deadwood, SD. This included Valentine's Day which made the trip special along with being a business trip.

There was not very much snow in Wyoming.

 

A landmark in Newcastle, Wyoming. This is where Dana Perino

grew up. She was the press secretary for Bush 43. Newcastle was

and still is a mining town.

 

 

 

This is Deadwood Mountain Resort. It was our second stay there. We were on the top floor to the far left of the picture. Quite a view of Deadwood. No other room close to us. But the next one down the hall had "Big & Rich" on the door. We were told that John Rich of that duo owns this resort. Can't prove or disprove that fact. We like it either way.

Yes, this was a slime plant. That means they extracted gold flakes from mud. Almost the entire building was left in tact and remodeled and expanded into the resort. The inside is full of pictures and stories of the history of this building. It is so interesting.

 

 

I was given this rose when we checked in. They upgraded our room

without charge. They upgraded our status with the Rewards program to Gold.

They threw in some extra points. We felt like we had won the Lottery!

 

Then for Valentine's dinner I was given another rose. We had a fabulous dinner of steak and lobster, asparagus, baked potato and a wonderful salad. Then we had free champagne and chocolate dipped strawberries. It was unreal. What a way to celebrate Valentine's Day.

 

Everywhere we went people were talking about the weather. It was so beautiful. Crisp blue skies and nice sunshine. No need for jackets. And the clean air. No words can tell you how great it is to breathe clean air.

 

South Dakota gives in to snowmobiles during the winter months. There are places along the highways where they have designated areas where the machines are given the right of way and all other vehicles have to stop to let them cross. There were deep snowmobile tracks all over the hillsides. It was so much fun to see. We had never seen that side of South Dakota before.

 

The southwest corner of South Dakota is so pretty. It needs to be seen to be believed. We just love it there as I have stated before in this blog. It was a great trip and a wonderful Valentine's Day, one we will talk about for a long time.