Days Inn Sioux Falls

... we see hundreds of windmill generators dotted throughout the corn fields.

Just before we cross from Wisconsin into Minnesota we cross the Mississippi river Cath spies a drive-inn diner complete with waitresses on roller skates. We couldn’t have lunch as our van was too tall to fit under the awning oh well we will try to find another

Next we cross the bridge over the Mississippi and we go under it to explore here we ...

... and it went bankrupt. Two additional owners failed at the same thing. My brain was tired enough to gleefully say to myself “Citizen foils Banker” and chuckle. I later realized that a lot investors probably got hurt as well, thinking the bank knew what it was doing. Hum!
On the way out of downtown, I passed a large quartzite building title “Minnehaha County Admin”. That did make me chuckle. Oh... Ashley. I am feeling as one with Steinbeck. Thanks.

... drive through mostly flat land with no violet mountains, rolling hills or bluffs to change the view. I was left with one large question. Why are large round bales of hay scattered along both sides of the highway? There were lots of agriculture fields and numerous hay fields with mostly round bales either scattered or stacked in long rows. I'll have to google that!!

Charlie and I were glad to stop in Sioux Falls by about 4:00 pm.

A stop over in this small town after a long day.

We called into Cracker Barrel for a meal before heading for the Holiday Inn. This was the first time visiting Cracker Barrel despite our number of trips to the US in the past. Shame really as the meal was good. It's an early start tomorrow.

Chicago tomorrow

... scooped out as many leaves as she could. The rest we just ignored. The much needed swim however was short lived as the sky started becoming dark and it started to rain. After having showers and making dinner Morgan and I decided that we should go do laundry, while the other kids stayed and watched a movie. Angus came along shortly to help Morgan and i with the laundry, little ...

... great to see buffalo at last after spending two days in Wyoming and South Dakota buffalo country.

In Hot Springs we toured an active archaeological dig, the Mammoth Site. This site was discovered by contractors in the 1970's. Apparently they uncovered what was an ancient sink hole that had been filled with warm waters during the last ice age. Both Columbian and Woolly Mammoths had roamed the area, and wandered into the water, but were unable to get out. So far they have ...

... amp; drink once we had headed inside the gates we headed up to the 'party deck' to get some food & a drink!

Just as we did, the weather turned & in came the rain! It was torrential! The wind got up too!




It was soon obvious that we wouldn't get to see the baseball game & instead tried to ...

... he would stop working (it's a seasonal job). The reservation has about 950. And there are also about 500 non members living on the reservation, mostly ranchers. The members of the tribe all have a certain amount of land on the reservation and they can sell that to pretty much anybody if they want to and so they do, since this happens to be one of the poorest reservations in the country. The reason why was so surprising to me. Rodger told me that their ...

... of its corporate friendly tax policies (no state corporate income tax). Furthermore, the closest major cities are Omaha, the Twin Cities and perhaps Fargo (if you consider it a major city). Either way, it benefits from attracting business that might otherwise consider Minnesota for business. Citigroup and Gateway are just two of the companies that have chosen South Dakota as home (Citigroup is the fourth ...

... in the morning to help me get to the next stop. Very nice of them! I got to Dallas in the afternoon on the 3rd day, and my SIL informed me that I had a phone call from Colorado from another SIL. My CO SIL needed me to drive up to Colorado Springs so I could take care of my niece while her mom was in the hospital for a month due to a surgery. Soooo... I slept ONE NIGHT in a real bed, left Buddy II with my SIL, and took off ...