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Highway 18  
 PO Box 234
Herrick, SD 57538
605-775-2903   

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Rocking chairs around a hand-braided rug.  Above them is a sign from the Burke Cafe from the late 1960s.  (Thanks to Bob Breece and Betty Svoboda for donating the sign.)

 
The 12 x 30 foot drive-through provides ample table space for eating or playing a game of cards.

 

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Come stay in a "Bed in the Shed"
 (This isn't your average motel!)

Accommodations:
5 rooms, 3 baths, 1 kitchen ~ Great for groups, hunting parties and family reunions.

 Your room is located in a renovated tin shed attached to the last-remaining Herrick Elevator.  

Your stay includes plenty of room for visiting, a TV lounge in the loft (local channels only), free star gazing, 360 degree visual imaging of sunrise to sunset, surround-sound bird calls.  Peace and quiet provided, solitude optional.

Rates:
The Elevator is great for groups!  Rent it all for $300 per night.

If you're looking for just one room, the cost per night is $100. This includes use of all bathrooms, kitchen and seating space.
Each additional bedroom is $60/night.
(2 rooms--$160, 3 rooms--$220, 4 rooms--$280)
   5 Bedrooms

Room 1, Sage room:  twin bunks and single twin.  Perfect for giggles and whispers . . . or for sleeping.
The Kitchen has everything you need to cook and eat-- plates, dishes, cups, glasses, bowls, pans, coffee maker, microwave, full-sized stove with oven and two refrigerators. You provide the food. 
Bathrooms are down the hallway.
There's plenty of seating for eating at the hand-crafted plank tables.
    Room 2, Tan room: twin bunk over double bed.  
My Grandpa's old branding irons and prints of a cattle drive honor our cowboy heritage.
Seating areas  
The drive-through has a cozy circle of rocking chairs, or you can have some "me-time" here by the Spotted Tail school piano. 
On the wall is the Spotted Tail Grade School photo from the 1957-58 school year.  We bet you'll recognize some faces!   
Room 3, Sunshine Yellow: 1 double bed, orange crate nightstands.   Write a letter at the old fashioned table. Rooms 2, 3 and 4 feature wooden trim from the historic Lewis Sanitarium.
TV loft has futon, hide-a-bed and video rocker.  Mural on beam features native plants and animals.
Room 4, Chocolate Room:  2 twin beds with chenille bedspreads (just like Grandma's house).  An antique radio makes the perfect nightstand. 
3 Full Baths  Each has stool, shower, sink.  
    Room 5, Green Room:  3 twin bunks (that's 6 beds).  This room has a vaulted ceiling and is trimmed with barn wood. Great when you have lots of guests--or cousins!
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