We are spending two nights - Saturday and Sunday at Rush-No-More camp area. It is near Sturgis, South Dakota. Since we couldn't find a church near us, we had a prayer service and rosary at our picnic table this morning. Beautiful weather - 71. We went to the town of Deadwood today. Very interesting old western town where Wild Bill Hickok was killed. We went to a new museum there. Had very interesting articles from the old west. The most interesting to me were the old wagons, surreys, buckboards, fire department wagons and hearses. All horse drawn. Going to rest the rest of the evening and do laundry (no matter where you are, there is laundry). We have been a little problem with our transmission - hopefully we can remedy that with different shifting. I'm really ... read more

Left Sioux City, Iowa at 8:30 this morning. Headed to South Dakota. Stopped in Mitchell, SD to see the Corn Palace. This is a very large interesting building (sorry, I have pictures but haven't got them on). This building was built in 1892 when the city was just 12 years old. Early settlers displayed their agricultural products on the building's exterior to prove the fertility of the soil and to attract immigrant farmers to settle there. Each fall they had a festival to celebrate their harvest. Each year a new theme is chosen for the outside. The old products are stripped and new corn, rye and oat heads are used in patterns created by local artists. Roughly 275 thousand ears of corn are sawed in half lengthwise and nailed to the building. There are also murals ... read more

Beautiful day for the start of our trip. We have great travel companions. Charlie and Ruth. Carroll and Barbara. Jerry and Carolyn. We started at 10:00 am from Mt.Carmel. We are spending the night in Columbia, Mo. Headed to Iowa tomorrow. This is my first try at the blog. With the help of Carroll, I downloaded pictures taken this morning. Beautiful evening. We are sitting outside at the picnic table. We had supper at the Lonestar and made a big expedition to the Bass Pro Shop(this one's for you rayna!)... read more