We woke up in
Mankato to have hotel breakfast and then started driving to Walnut Grove, the
last Laura Ingalls Wilder house I had to go to. We arrived there after a while
and it was amazing. The original dugout and frame house are gone, but we could
see Plum Creek, the depression where the dugout was, the Table Lands, Big Rock,
spring and other important landmarks. We went in Plum Creek, and looked at
everything. We also saw the marker that the county had placed by the side of
the road to commemorate her life. Then, we drove over to the museum and gift
shop. A, B and I got a bonnet. (Mom paid for J's 30-Second Math book from
Barnes & Noble.) We decided not to go in museum so we could get to Sioux
Falls earlier, and the museum was mostly about the TV show, which we don't care
about as much.
I drove out
of Walnut Grove and through a lot of nowhere towns in Minnesota. I actually
drove over the state line to South Dakota! My first state line! You could tell
where it was from about ten miles out because of a large train car that someone
had dragged to the side of the road and painted on the word
"FIREWORKS". I drove from there to Brookings, where we ate at Qdoba
and then headed over to the GameStop next door because J and B wanted to look
at Pokemon and Skylanders and other such stuff. A and I looked at Pop Vinyl
figures. They had the Harry Potter collection, which looked quite good, but
that location did not have the Dumbledore one, or I would have bought it. Mom
and Dad got coffee and we drove on to Sioux Falls.
The park in Sioux Falls is free, and scenic, and amazing. You can go in the river, look at the river, and have a grand old time in general.
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Birds outside bathrooms |
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Pretty flower pots |
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American and South Dakotan flags |
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The Falls |
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Ducks! |
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Duck going up waterfall (duck is on left) |
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Same Duck: Success! |
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Falls and Train: Taken by B |
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Falls and Train: Taken by Me |
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Daredevil Duck |
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Baby ducks in the middle |
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Plane! |
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Footprints |
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It's my feet! |
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Baby Ducks! |
We left Sioux Falls and headed to Rapid City. We barely missed the KOA checkin time, but got to the cabin just fine anyway. After that, we drove around to find a place to eat. We ended up eating Dominos pizza on the bed in the cabin. Finally, we slept.
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Chorus of the Day!
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Lucy in the sky with diamonds, ah
Last Chorus of the Day:
The Phoenix by Fall Out Boy
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La! ~SCP
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