Mississippi River Trip: Fairburn by MVP

In the morning we took the 1880’s train from Hill City to Keystone just to kill time.  What a way to kill it!  We took the early train and were two of about 10 people on the train.  Larisa and I sat in the back and were treated to a lovely train ride through the Black Hills, with lots of history to listen to and scenery to take in.  When the train arrived in Keystone we decided to take the walking tour and wound up taking a later train back.  The train was packed full, so it wasn’t as great a ride.

  Midway through it my cell phone rang and we discovered that the Impala would require $265 to fix.  I told the mechanic to go fix her up and it was done by the time we got back to Hill City.

Shari had told us about a free campsite outside of the town of Fairburn – the site itself had a bonus in that it was located right next to the agate beds where Larisa could hunt for Rocks.  We had lunch and headed out.  Way out.  The campsite is about 40 miles from the Black Hills themselves, located in rolling prairie land.  We got there, set up camp, and went a-hunting.  No joy other than some pretty rocks Larisa picked up.