HEADED OUT OF DEADWOOD TO CATCH A FEW SIGHTS BEFORE THE TREK EAST TO CHICAGO -TO PICK UP OUR START POINT FOR ROUTE 66.FIRST UP WAS AN ORIGINAL US STEAM LOCOMOTIVE LOCATED IN HILL CITY(76),THEN TO THE CRAZY HOUSE MEMORIAL(77)(78) WHICH THEY ARE STILL CHIPPING AWAY AT AND HAVING A LOAD OF FUN..(HAD TO WORD THAT LINE AS I DID ,AS IT BRINGS BACK SOME SMILES WE HAD ON THE GOLD MINE VISIT THAT WE TOOK BACK IN KELLOGG,ALWAYS SAID I WAS GOING TO REPORT BACK ON THAT ONE B...

WHAT A HIKE TO GET THIS SNAP OF WILD BILL'S GRAVE,(74)(75),SO MUCH SO THAT THE SECOND DAY IN DEADWOOD WAS ADJOURNED,THE BAR TOOK CENTER STAGE AND THAT WAS ALL SHE WROTE....OUT TONIGHT FOR A STEAK AT BILL CODYS PLACE AND HOPE TO TAKE A FEW BUCKS OFF KEVIN COSTNER-HE OWNS THE 'MIDNIGHT STAR' CASINO IN TOWN,TOMORROW I PROMISE YOU REGULAR VISITORS TO THIS SITE(THANKS IAN FOR THE 'EMMERDALE' TAG) A PRETTY STUNNING PHOTORAPH..FOUR PRESIDENTS. A BIT OF ROCK...YOU GUESSE...

FIRST THING TODAY WAS THE KAYCEE MUSEUM -TO FIND OUT A BIT MORE ABOUT HOLE IN THE WALL COUNTRY.THE ACTUAL LOCATION OF THE MOUNTAIN RIDGE WHERE THE OUTLAWS USED TO RUN TO IS PRIVATELY OWNED.VEHICLE ACCESS HAS TO BE PRE ARRRANGED AND THE ONLY OTHER ALTERNATIVE IS A FIVE MILE HIKE-....IT'S WYOMING,IT'S AROUND 85 DEGGREES-SO WE PASSED ON THAT ONE..AN OLD TIMER IN THE BAR LAST NIGHT SAID THAT ALL YOU SEE IS A GOD DAMN CLIFF FACE..SO HERE IS A NEARBY PHOTOGRAPH ALTERNA...