The George S. Mickelson Trail is a rail to trail biking, hiking and horse back path that runs 110 miles from Deadwood south to Edgemont. It cost $3.00 a day but the path runs thru some beautiful Black Hills Country.
We rode our bikes into town and then got on the Mickelson Trail in Custer. We rode north towards Hill City for about 11 miles and then turned around. We went past the entrance to Crazy Horse Memorial so had a good view of the unfinished sculpture. The Indian's face is completed and we could see the hole in the rock that is the start of the outreached arm of the Indian. The face is 9 stories tall so you can imagine how big the rest of the piece will be.
We saw some deer along the path and ate lunch with a chirping chipmunk. The ride back was a grueling 3 miles UP hill then 7 miles flat and down. But the reward was a great blackberry pie and a blue berry pie ala mode from the Purple Pie Place. We rode slightly over 26 miles.
The weather was in the mid 70's today but tonight it is thundering and raining and cold. Glad to be inside and hope to sleep well!
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