Day6 - Spearfish-Deadwood-Sturgis

This morning we headed up to the Deadwood / Lead area. We missed a couple of turns but once we got on the selected route we found that it wasn't paved all the way through to Nemo road (our intended route). Once we back tracked and found Nemo road it as a great ride through pine and fir forests and high country meadows. We picked up hwy 385 just south of Deadwood but instead of going into Deadwood we headed west into Lead, an old gold mining town. The worlds largest gold mine, The Homestake Mine operated here until 2002. After a lunch across the road from the mine we head down into Spearfish Canyon. We arrived in Deadwood early afternoon, checked out a few shops, and had a few beers. We ended the day in Sturgis, having bought a few souvenirs, watching the people, and dinner. We made the run back to the hotel in Rapid City after dark. A great day overall, even if we did get lost a couple of times