Bear attack!

It was another lazy morning after a late night of giving our money to area casino owners. We did see the original site of Tom Nuttal's #10 saloon, where Wild Bill Hickock was shot (by the coward Jack McCall). We also saw the new #10, which is further south and across the street on Main St. -- that bar boasts the least friendly bartender in America and the chair Wild Bill was sitting in when he was shot. It's actually kind of a neat bar if you're ever in town.

Deadwood is a neat town and fun for a night, but it is pretty cheesey. They're cashing in on the popularity of Deadwood on HBO, which is good if it helps them restore the town. We had fun but we felt a little guilty about it.

After that we drove back east to Rapid City (the first step on our way home! boo hoo) and visited Bear Country USA. I was less excited about this one, since we've seen so many cool animals roaming free in the parks. But it was still exciting considering one of the bears bit a hole through the bumper of our rental car.

Here's the bear waking up from his nap, just as we drive up.



Here's the bear snuffling around at our bumper, while we ask ourselves "what the hell is that bear doing" and pull the car forward.





The bear followed the car forward and next thing we heard was a big kachunk and the car shook. We took off for real then, and here's what we found when we got to the parking lot.