Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy...

My first legit night out and it turned out to be one to remember.

We started out meeting some new friends for dinner at the Deadwood Lodge. It's a casino/resort right outside Deadwood. A great pork chop dinner and some good conversation were the highlights of the menu.

After dinner we headed into Deadwood, SD. Its a very cool town, with small casinos and a lot of bars. Its about 15 miles from Sturgis, so obviously they have a huge biker crowd, but it's manageable, and not overcrowded.

We head to Saloon 10, and old cowboy bar from back in the day. Its been around since the 1800's, and Wild Bill Hickock was their most famous patron. Apparently Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid were also frequent visitors to the saloons of Deadwood.

But we are hanging out having a good ole time in the bar. I strike up a conversation with some local South Dakota peoples, talking about bike rally, motorcycles in general, and the weather. They tell me a funny joke:

"What do you call a good looking girl in South Dakota? - A tourist!" Then they let me know that Big Kenny from Big & Rich is in the bar. Apparently Deadwood, SD is his adopted hometown. So there he is, sitting 20 feet away, playing Blackjack.  Some time passes, then all of a sudden he is buying the whole bar shots and proposes a toast to, among other things "Big Tits". I love this guy!

THEN, he walks into the other room where the band is playing, and next thing you know, he and the house band are doing an impromptu rendering of "Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy." Un-friggin-real. 

Oh, I should mention also. After last call at the bar we go to a small house party around the corner with some NASCAR people. I walk in to the house, and who is behind the bar mixing up a double round of crown, Big Kenny again! But this is a small house party of only about 15 peeps. He tends bar and entertains us for about an hour before the bitch running the house throws everyone out...boohoo.

Note about Big Kenny: He's about 5'10". Not sure where he got the "Big" nickname from...I guess he has a large face, ok...but maybe we should have had him pull down his pants just to get some real confirmation?