We had a very busy week this week. We left Keokuk, IA on Monday and drove to Clear Lake, IA so we could tour the Winnebago plant. It was an interesting tour. Then on Wednesday we drove up to Minnesota and drove along I-90 into Sioux Falls. We are now legal residents of South Dakota. Sioux Falls is a nice city, very flat, but with the Sioux River flowing through it. We went to Falls Park to see the falls the city is named for. (Howard & Andy had to wait until I went back to the truck to get my camera.)
Andy is definitely a water dog. He loved the water from the falls. The falls cover a large area and this is just a small part of the falls.
This was taken way down the falls from the last picture. We were getting wet from the spray. It was really windy.
We crossed a bridge to go to the Overlook Cafe to eat lunch. this was taken from the bridge. The cafe was part of a flour mill and power plant that used to be on the river.
The "Monarch of the Plains" statue and the cafe where we ate lunch.
The visitor's center had a 5 story tower attached so we went to the top and took this picture of the falls. After visiting the falls, we drove around the area so we could see some of our new "home." One thing we didn't get to do was go to the mall. It is advertised as the biggest mall between Denver and the Mall of America. We drove around it looking for a visitor's center and it was huge!
We had to take pictures of bison, after all it is South Dakota. From here we drove to Lincoln, NE. Saturday we drove into Omaha and visited the visitor's center at Winter Quarters. After visiting there we drove to the USAF SAC Museum (United States Air Force Strategic Air Command). They had lots of planes on display. We had our weather radio on again last night (a must for traveling). Two things we do when we camp: 1) find out what county we are in and 2) locate the closest shelter. The radio woke us up twice last night, but nothing like when we were in Nashville and the tornado touched down close to Nashville. We are now headed WEST. Looking forward to seeing mountains again!
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Hey, Howard and Betsy. This is Brenda Richards. Sounds like you are having a great time--wish we were there. Amanda is getting married on May 22nd in Salt Lake Temple and we were going to send you an announcement, but didn't know if you had access to mail. Hope all is well with you. We miss you!!!
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