Our Deadwood Trip

Hey Y'all! ( ok Rachel is my only Follower, ha ha!) This Memorial Day Weekend my two best friends and I took a girl's trip to Deadwood, South Dakota. Well.. Mostly to Deadwood, ha! Our trip started off as Rachel left her home in Virginia to fly to Bismarck to drive with Erin to meet me in Belfield. Due to storms, she had to miss her connecting flight and could not fly in until the next morning! (at 10:30) We ended up not meeting at our halfway point until well into the lunch hours. It was still fun and we were just glad to be starting our travel weekend!!! Rachel gave me this handmade candle holder from her trip to Nicaragua! We ate a crappy lunch, with even more awful service at Trapper's Kettle. It use to be so good there too...hmmm. The Borscht was awful!!! Oh well, ha ha! So we set out on our journey to Spearfish! Erin was at the wheel...and slightly nervous, I think due to the rainy condition and the fact that she generally does not drive on two lane highways. It was a long but pleasant drive, we even managed to get into some sun... yes that bright yellowish ball in the sky that rarely shows it's face around here! It was a great time to visit and catch up with one another!
When we arrived in Spearfish, we checked into the Travel Lodge, and put our things into the room। It was a nice room for the price! We decided we were hungry and probably wouldn't have time to go to the amusement park we had kind of planned on visiting, so we opted for a nicer dinner instead. We ended up finding this place called "Guadalajara". It was so fun! We (especially Rachel) wanted to practice our Spanish, so the owners were more than happy to oblige! They spoke with us in Spanish! ( Once again, especially Rachel, cause she is much more advanced than I am in the language, I have lost so much of mine from not practicing). It was so wonderful!
And....The food was great and the service super friendly!!! Loved it!This pic is kind of dark, but it works :) There was this giant ape-like metal sculpture outside of the restaurant in a giant sombrero, naturally we had to get a picture! That about rounded off day 1. We went back to our hotel and all three got on our laptops to blog, or facebook. ha!! Then we visited, discussed our plans for Sunday, and retired to bed.