Left Des Moines, IA, heading to South Dakota via I-80W, then heading north on I-29 just prior to Omaha, skirting the edge of Nebraska as we head for the Corn Palace in Mitchell, SD. Fueled up in Sloan, IA which is just south of Sioux City, SD along I-29.
Seeing a lot of these "Kum and Go" markets, they seem to be popular, odd name though.
Made it into South Dakota via Sioux City.
Arrived at The Corn Palace in Mitchell, SD and took a tour. They change the design every year, using different shades of corn to make the designs by various local artists.
Met a couple of the locals, Zack and Zeke, Quasimodo seemed to enjoy their company.
On our way to Deadwood, SD via Rapid City and Sturgis. The famous ( or infamous depending on your point of view ) Sturgis Rally was held over the past weekend so we missed it by only a couple if days. Lucky fir us or I'm afraid we would have been sleeping in the suburban. Fueled up in Rapid City.
The country out here in the Black Hills is beautiful and I wish we had more time to explore it. We ate at a local place as we pulled into the town of Deadwood called "Hickok's Iron Horse Inn". We initially planned on pizza somewhere but went into the upper part of the restaurant and decided to go with what was on the menu. The waitress was alone and was very busy, but service was still good.
After dinner we made it to our hotel, a combination hotel/casino (Mom and Dad were obviously thrilled) called "Gulches of Fun" and settled in for the night. Tomorrow we are off to see Crazy Horse, Mt. Rushmore and Bear Country, a full day for sure before heading west again in search of another hotel as we try to make it as close to Cody, WY as possible.
