Deadwood and Wild Bill

Well, today we packed up and headed back to the Black Hills, about an hour or so west of Rapid City. Deadwood is where Wild Bill was killed and buried and were Calamity Jane lived out the last part of her life. Deadwood has become once again a gambling town and so that puts an interesting twist on the whole thing. When we got into town we took a bus tour that took us to historical sites and told us much about the history of the town, the gold mine that was closed in 2001 and about Wild Bill.
Later we saw the reenactment of how Wild Bill was killed, that was fun. I didn't chose Deadwood for the gambling,
obviously, but I knew that it was smack in the Black Hills, close to Wyoming where Dallas hasn't been yet and pretty close to North Dakota where neither of us have been.
We both forgot to take the camera so we felt like we forgot a limb but we will go back and take some pictures before we leave.
The funnest (I know it is not a word!) part of Deadwood so far for me has been when the character playing Wild Bill hit on Dallas. We were sitting outside on a bench, in front of the ice cream shop, eating our yummy ice cream, when Wild Bill approached us. Between shows the actors wonder the streets talking with folks and having their picture taken with people. So, he came up and had a very animated conversation with Dallas, he never looked at me - only had eyes for our Dallas! :) Anyway, they talked about Wild Bill and the show and he said that he hoped she could come so that he would have something pretty to look at and left calling her love. He did a great job staying in character the whole time and flirting with Dallas - it was really funny to watch this man all dressed up, wig of long stringy hair and all, flirting with anyone. It is my favorite part so far. I told Dallas she should call her blog entry the Wild Bill Pick-Up.
It has been a nice day and tomorrow we are going to take a drive into Wyoming and North Dakota and see what we can see.
This is the view of Deadwood the town from on top of Mt. Moriah, where Wild Bill and Calamity Jane are buried. It is a beautiful place.