August 12th
07:30
Cruising The Black Hills
160 Miles

	I rolled out and got ready to go. About 07:30 I was outside and had started the bike. I checked everything; lights, tires, oil and got ready to roll out. As I went around the loop to the exit I noticed 2 or 3 doors had opened and the guys standing there were watching me leave.
	I headed out to find breakfast and Rt 16 out of town. I'm wandering around town and get to a parking lot where I notice, off in the distance on the ridge of a hill, a large dinosaur. I made a note to find it and see what it was when I returned.
	I found 44 and eventually hit 79 south. I stopped at a gas stop and asked for directions. She pointed me to the right and I was on my way.
	I took 16 south to Keystone. Where it turned into 16A there was a cool looking tunnel we had to go through. I stopped and snapped a picture of it.
	I stopped in Keystone, parked the bike and wandered around. Keystone main street was a big tourist trap. I wandered down one side crossed the street and wandered down the other. I stopped in at a couple of places but the prices were out of sight. Fortunately I was riding a bike so couldn't pick up too much garbage :-) I looked at a couple of pieces of jewelry but I know Rita doesn't like to wear stuff.
	There had been a fairly large fire at the other end of town. It took out the big bar and a couple of adjacent buildings. There were signs up talking about having wing-dings to support rebuilding.
	I walked back up to the bike and headed to Mt Rushmore.
	I stopped on the way out of Keystone when I first saw Mt Rushmore and took a quick picture. There was also The President's Alpine Slide that I snapped a picture of.
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