WOW! Have we ever made the miles the last two days - 631 miles! And all we saw was more corn and more soy beans!! Today wasn't quiet as bad because we stayed on the interstate. We are in Oacoma, SD, at the Oasis Campground. It's still hot, but not quite as humid. We started out in the fog this morning - it was in the 70's and the dew point was also in the 70's. Then we had just a tiny bit of rain, and now its sunny and hot.
We saw some very strange sites on the way here today. We stopped by the Corn Palace in Mitchell, SD! The outside of the building is done in 3,000 bushels of rye, oat heads, and sour dock, tied in bundles and attached to the building, then when the corp is ready, roughly 275 thousand ears of corn are sawed in half lengthwise and nailed to the building. They do a different pattern every year - this year it looked patriotic to Mom and me.
We are only staying here for one night and will be off to the Black Hills tomorrow. Dad says its only about 200 miles, so tomorrow should be a shorter day. We have been able to make camp before 3:30 pm each day, so that's not too bad (but we are leaving by 7:30 in the mornings).
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| Fog over the soybean field - 75 degrees this morning! |
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| Soybeans on the left and more corn on the right - we've seen three states like this! |
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| I guess they don't have much to do in the winter time, so they think up things like the worlds largest bull head and put it out in the middle of a field! |
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| Here's another weird one - the Corn Palace |
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| This is all done in corn cobs and the grain bundles |
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| Corn cobs by number is what they call this as they put it together |
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| Crossing into South Dakota! |
Mom had a tough time posting this one - that's why it's late - not much Internet service...
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