Road Trip to South Dakota

Jason and I went to South Dakota at the end of March, 2007. We went for work, but had a little time for some play. In all honesty, I didn't know Mt. Rushmore was in South Dakota. I don't know where I thought it was, but I never thought it was in South Dakota. If you have never been to South Dakota...or Wyoming for that matter, there is nothing in either one of those states. Nothing but fields and lots of wind. Driving there, we thought we were going to get blown off the road about a dozen times.
We took a day and drove to Mt. Rushmore. It was a nice day to go. The weather was real nice and it was before the busy season so there were not many people there. It was impressive, but not somewhere you can spend too long at. We were there for about 45 minutes, took Toby for a nice walk and then left.
Next we drove to Deadwood, where Wild Bill Hickok was shot and killed. It was not all that impressive either. A huge gambling town.
We spent the rest of the week working and then drove back through and awful snow storm. We were driving south on I-25 and for some reason they had not closed the roads. They ended up closing it right after we made it through. Thank god for the Jeep. There was at least 6 inches of snow on the road. No plows or other cars, it felt like we were driving a snow mobile. The only way we knew we were on the road was by watching the little posts that mark the edges of the highway. It took us a while to get home going about 35 mph for half the day.
I don't think I will ever find a need to visit South Dakota again.