2023 Sidney-Deadwood Gold Rush Convoy - Event Date: 10 June 2023 - 22 June 2023

Preliminary Announcement of Trooper Tyree’s

June, 2023 FORT SIDNEY-DEADWOOD GOLD RUSH CONVOY

11 DAYS (TBA) 600-MILES

·        Open to MVPA members-limit 20 military vehicles in correct livery, uniforms optional.

·        Cost is $300 @ vehicle. (Includes post-convoy DVD.) Discounts to TTT veterans!

·        Vehicles must be street legal, insured and capable of sustained speeds of 40 mph.

·        Fees are nonrefundable except if we reschedule the convoy.

The tentative plan is to depart from Cabela’s of Sidney, NE to coincide with Sidney’s Gold Rush Days Festival of the 2^nd weekend of June. The present plan is to follow the Oregon Trail to Scotts Bluff Natl. Monument, then north to Fort Robinson, NE, and the Black Hills of South Dakota. Once begun, this tour has five designated overnight stops; Fort Robinson (twice), & Custer State Parks, Deadwood, and Palmer Gulch Resort at Hill City-2-nights each, to allow opportunities to enjoy. The longest travel days, two are 145-miles each.

Want to know more before you go? Watch this 1-minute promo of the 2016 Black Hills Convoy  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP1U8ST8gnw  as well as other segments. Note: the promo shows some places that we will not return to in 2023. Look for both the 2013 & 2016 videos. Better yet, ask those who have done ours! 😊

Contact: halftrackjohns@att.net  Military vehicles only!