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Deadwood, South Dakota

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Yee haw kids! Time to go over yonder into them thar hills and tell ye a tale about the rootinest, tooitinest city west of the mighty Mississippi: Deadwood, South Dakota! That was exhausting and I apologize. I was booked to speak to a bunch of high school freshman in Deadwood, the same Deadwood the HBO show was named after. I never subscribed to HBO but from what I could surmise it was a show about cowboys and the prostitutes who pretend to love them. To get there you must fly into Rapid City which is a tiny regional airport. It’s also very expensive to fly into because there are only 2.5 flights that come in per day. How expensive was it? It cost the same to fly to Amsterdam. The kind folks who booked me put me in touch with a local travel agent to help sort it out. Allow me to speak about travel agents for minute. I never used one because I have the internet and a credit card. I had my doubts until the agent was able to find me flights for half of what I would’v