HEADED OUT OF DEADWOOD TO CATCH A FEW SIGHTS BEFORE THE TREK EAST TO CHICAGO -TO PICK UP OUR START POINT FOR ROUTE 66.FIRST UP WAS AN ORIGINAL US STEAM LOCOMOTIVE LOCATED IN HILL CITY(76),THEN TO THE CRAZY HOUSE MEMORIAL(77)(78) WHICH THEY ARE STILL CHIPPING AWAY AT AND HAVING A LOAD OF FUN..(HAD TO WORD THAT LINE AS I DID ,AS IT BRINGS BACK SOME SMILES WE HAD ON THE GOLD MINE VISIT THAT WE TOOK BACK IN KELLOGG,ALWAYS SAID I WAS GOING TO REPORT BACK ON THAT ONE BUT NEVER DID,TRUTH WAS IT WAS JUST AN OLD CAVERN THAT YOU COULD'NT FIND TOO MUCH ENTHUSIAM FOR)..(TRY TELLING THAT TO THE TOUR GUIDE, WHO PUT SO MUCH INTO IT, YOU COULD'NT END UP BUT LIKING IT..'' WE'RE GOING INTO THE MAIN SHAFT NOW AND IT'S FROM HERE WHERE THE FUN REALLY STARTS'' !!!! WHAT).....THE CRAZY HORSE ROCK SCULPTURE WILL END UP BEING THE BIGGEST IN THE WORLD,BUT REFUSAL TO ACCEPT GOVERNMENT FUNDING WILL PROBABLY MEAN WE'LL NEVER SEE IT COMPLETED IN OUR LIFETIME.NEXT UP WAS MOUNT RUSHMORE WHICH NEEDS NO INTRODUCTION(79)(80)(81)..THEN A BIT OF A DRIVE TO A SAD PLACE..THE WOUNDED KNEE BATTLEFIELD(82)(83)IN 1890 THE US CAVALRY SLAUGHTERED 150 MEN WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF THE LAKOTA SIOUX AND BROUGHT AN END TO THE INDIAN WARS,THE SIOUX STILL LIVE AND OWN THE LAND -BE IT ON A RESERVATION,BUT HAVE REFUSED TO GIVE PERMISSION FOR THE AUTHORITIES ,TO TURN IT INTO A TOURIST SITE,HENCE THE BASIC PICTURES THAT CAN BE SEEN HERE...WE THEN HEADED THROUGH THE RESERVATIONS OF THE SIOUX INDIANS IN SOUTH DAKOTA WHICH STRETCH FOR MILES..MILES AND MILES OF LOST COUNTRY.WE DID COVER SOME DISTANCE THOUGH,STOPPING OVER AT A ROADSIDE MOTEL IN PLATTE AND NOW CHICAGO IS IN SIGHT....