We stayed in Wall another day just to rest and shop. We drove back to Rapid City to go to Ellsworth AFB only to find that the commissary is closed on Monday! On the bright side, I was able to get a $12.50 haircut in the salon on base. After a visit to the BX and the Class Six store (liquor store), we found the Sam's that we were unable to find the other day. We found the booze there @ $8.00 less than on base...who knew!
August 28
We drove on to Sioux Falls, SD today and are camped at a very nice KOA. On the way here we stopped at Mitchell SD to see the famous Corn Palace....a convention center with designs made out of corn! Well, I saw it anyway...Steve elected to remain on the bus with the dogs. The designs are very intricate like mosaics, and you have to look closely to see that they are made from corn cobs, corn husks, and just plain corn. I was most impressed by the design of a football player since he was wearing # 15--it had to be Tim Tebow!
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| Basketball court with corn murals |
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| Mt. Rushmore in corn |
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| Corn Palace, outside |
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| Gotta be Tim! |
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| Corny but cute. |
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| Cabela's |
August 29
We are still in Sioux Falls, which seems to be a very nice city. I spent some time at the pool in the campground while Steve worried about the refrigerator which seems to be getting warmer by the minute. We drove downtown after dinner to see Falls Park, which is very pretty, especially from atop the observation tower at the Visitor's Center.
The falls on the Sioux River are not as huge as they are in postcards because there hasn't been much rain this summer, but this is a very nice park anyway. We rode the free trolley downtown to see the Sculpture Walk. There were some very interesting sculptures and some that were a bit bizarre.
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| I pledge allegiance.... |
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| Pioneer mom/Indian mom and their daughters |
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| My fav |
We hiked back to the Falls Park, but were too early for the laser show, so we headed on home to the dogs after I wet my feet int he Sioux River.
The fridge was still warm, so we ran out to Wal-Mart and bought a small refrigerator/freezer which now sits in the way in the aisle of the RV, but saves our food.
August 30
We are finally out of SD and into IA. We stopped at another KOA, but wow, this one is really different from the last one! We stayed at the first KOA in Billings, MT near the beginning of this trip, and now I think we stayed at the newest one here in Waterloo. It is still under construction and will be very nice one day, but it is very basic now. The water, sewer, electricity (50 amp), and wifi are great, but there is nothing else. No pool, no dumpster, no map, no propane, etc. There is a 15 acre lake with about a million geese on it. Corky had a good swim, but the geese were not happy with her being there. Steve feared for her safety from them and kept her well away.
PS. the refrigerator seems to be working, but we don't trust it!
Tomorrow we head for Peoria, IL and hope to see our friends, Rick and Jude, again.
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