Gooseberry Draw

South Dakota, the better Dakota. Sorry North Dakota but South Dakota wins every time. If you live in Minnesota and you've never been to the Black Hills, get there. There's really no excuse to live so close to something so majestic and never visit. Rolling hills, meadows, forests, there's a landscape for every nature lover and plenty of wildlife vowing opportunities. Going off season has its perks, Deadwood was literally dead. Sidenote it costs $2 per person to enter the Mount Morah Cemetery where Calamity Jane and Wild Bill are buried. Don't forget to pay your respects to Potato Creek Johnny. While Mount Rushmore is obviously a must see (it would be much more impressive if they had finished it, Google what it's supposed to look like 🤔), Crazy Horse is where the real action is at. I highly recommend sitting through the half hour video that tells the story of the sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski. It will give you a whole new perspective on the work that has gone into bringing the sculpture where it is today. While leaving I turned to Mike and said, "If we ever win the lottery we're donating a large sum of money to this project". It would be such a shame to never see it finished.

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