Avery Huffman Strong!

I'm going to skip the travel blog today to tell you about a very courageous young girl named Avery Huffman. You can go  to Avery's Caring Bridge link to read exactly what is happening and any up dates, but Avery has been diagnosed officially with Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG).

Avery Huffman

She is the granddaughter of a very good friends of ours Olivia Huffman and John Huffman, daughter of friends Brandon and wife Amanda Huffman, and niece of Jeremy, Natalie and Alyse (and spouses)!

We are just heartbroken because in the natural this has a 100 percent mortality rate. The average life expectancy for a child with DIPG is 1-2 months (usually with no treatment or radiation), to 9 months to even between 1-2 years, the 9 months to 2 years usually the result of radiation.

Avery

Please pray fervently for Avery and the Huffman family! Even with insurance there are many costs involved and there has been a GoFundMe account set up for the Huffman family. It has been very successful but there will still not be enough so anything will help. The link for the Avery's Go Fund Me is HERE!

Above all things, please pray! Pray for healing for that which is impossible! Pray for peace of mind in this wonderful family of God, Pray that all will draw closer to God through this terrible situation because we know that through God all things are possible!

God Bless you all,
God Bless the Huffman Family!!!!
We love you so much!!
Brian and Patty

Deadwood, South Dakota

We took a day trip to Deadwood, South Dakota. The famous motorcycle rally town of Sturgis was on our way. Although the BIG rally is not until late July we had to at least drive through Sturgis!

Here is the Indian Motorcycle dealer.

Sturgis Indian Motorcycles

There is a lot of South Dakota history here in Deadwood. Wild Bill Hickok was killed here and is buried at the Mount Moriah Cemetery. More on that later. Calamity Jane also is buried right next to Wild Bill. There are casinos in Deadwood and Gunslinger shows! This is the ultimate in the wild, wild west!

Deadwood Sign

You can see a horse and buggy in this picture. All the hotels are also casinos. We got a great hamburger lunch at one of the casino cafe's.

Downtown Deadwood

Wild Bill was shot in this Saloon in August 1876 by assassin Jack McCall.

Saloon #10

Everyday they perform a shootout on the streets of Deadwood. Actors portray Wild Bill, Calamity Jane, and others of the era.

Shootout at Deadwood

We went up the hill to the Mount Moriah Cemetery. This is where Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane are buried. 

Mt. Moriah Cemetery

The grave stone is fairly new, but we saw old original photos of the grave and the fence around it is the original fence. Pretty amazing.

Wild Bill's Grave

Jane wanted to be buried right next to Bill as seen on this sign.

Calamity Jane's wishes

Notice that Jane got her wishes to "Bury me beside Wild Bill". You can see Hickok's grave stone just to the left of the picture.

Jane's Grave

We took this picture of Deadwood from the Cemetery. There was actually a guided tour book we took of the cemetery, but nobody you would have heard of so I will not expand on that.

Deadwood from the sky!

We had a great day in Deadwood. Now that we are where we have Internet I will start catching up on our travels. 

Thanks for reading. 

God Bless you,

Brian and Patty