The location was is a nice place. Our trip was intentionally in between summer and ski season. It was in great condition. The entire community, minus a few cabins, are rentals. The rec center is a nice bonus for larger groups.
Deadwood is definitely geared towards tourists. Lots of gaming and souvenirs type places. To get away from tourists type attractions we took some easy trips around SD. You can go lots of places within 60 minutes.
I struggle to find the right words. We enjoyed our stay, but there was something off. Our past stays at rentals we find notes/instructions that say "please enjoy your stay".
Here notes said "Do this or you will be fine $xx. The hot tub, the grill. Clean and Fill up the hot tub or be fined. If it's dirty, you will fined. If you damage the cover,, you will be fined.. Use the hose to fill it, with no place to hook up the hose. Clean the grill or be fined. Very sterile. It made us feel that no matter how tidy and neat we left it, we would be fined for something. This was our impression. Others may not feel that way.
The one item we did not find until the last day was the guest book. It was under things in a drawer. That is something as travelers we like to read first to get ideas for our stay in a new town. It only had 2 entries in it.
Really nothing bad to say except it didn't feel that welcoming. But I'm sure the rental company can fix that easily.
If you are heading here, highly suggest you write all codes down. We relied on the email on our phone, but had no cell service. We drove into town get better signal, grab the codes and then went back. Once the weather cleared up, we had better cell service on the deck.
Views are great. Have a hotntub soak with your morning coffee and watch the sun rise and the deer graze.
Enjoy a wood fire as the sun retires for the day. Enjoy the absem