Today was spent primarily driving once we got on our way. We had a lot of road to cover to catch up on our reservations. Today’s goal – Interior, South Dakota, a mere 13 hour drive from DeKalb, Illinois. Marc and Jason are doing an awesome keeping us on the road.We briefly saw quite a few things, the Mississippi River, cows, wind farms, cows, fields and, oh yeah, cows! Occasionally we’d see an interesting rock formation (this picture is from somewhere in Wisconsin), but mostly flat land as far as the eye can see.
I have to admit, part of what I wanted to do on this trip was to see some random (tacky!) touristy places. We were a bit bummed out to know that because of our delay, we were probably going to miss out on the Corn Palace in Mitchell, South Dakota. Well, we managed to see it at 10 pm tonight, in it’s full lit up glory. Marc equated it to the scene in Vacation when Clark walks up to Wally World and it’s closed. Somewhat disappointing, but at least we knew it wasn’t going to be open. It was a quick photo op and a chance to stretch our legs. We quickly left the scene (picture small town America high school kids cruising the strip! Yes, much like cruising Main Street in Belleville) gassed up the RV and worked our way back to I-90.
Interior South Dakota or Bust! Yawn…. We should get there by 1 am if all goes well. We’re supposed to head into some stormy weather, hopefully it won’t be too bad.
I think that when I went out west with my parents in the early 1980s, we arrived at the corn palace with just minutes to see it before it closed. It was enough time! Sorry that you missed it, but if you see the exterior motif, you've seen the general idea. Are you still on par for Wall Drug?
ReplyDeleteYes, we'll get there tomorrow! I just added some pictures to the posts. Enjoy!
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