Sioux Falls South Dakota

After driving all day yesterday, the car needed a good cleaning. It seems that all there is on route 90 from Wisconsin to South Dakota are bugs and corn.

After cleaning we discovered a crack in the windshield that needed some attention. Since Sioux falls is the largest city, population about: 124,000,  in South Dakota we figured that staying would be the wisest decision in order to get it fixed.

Spending the day in Sioux Falls wasn’t too bad. There wasn’t much for us to do there but visit Falls Park and the fairgrounds.

The city’s foundation derived from Quartzite, an extremely compact bedrock made mostly out of quartz. The bedrock has been used to build some of the older buildings and homes and can also be seen throughout Falls Park.

Falls Park is the basis for the name Sioux Falls. The park has three sets of waterfalls, together they are the Sioux Falls, that flow right over the Quartzite and into the city.  The park allows visitors to roam free among the Quartzite and falls allowing plenty of photo opportunities for Jason and I.

After enjoying our time by the falls we decided to explore this city. We found a nice fairgrounds, that was hosting a few different activities however, we were starving so we decided to set up our stove and eat a nice hot lunch.

Once our belly’s were full we decided to cool off from the hot weather (85 degrees). We decided to leave the fairgrounds and head out to a park about 15 miles out of the city.

The park was small but had a nice waterfall and some free electric camp sites. After chatting with our new South Dakota friends, Dolly and Bert, and taking some photos at the park, we headed to one of the camp sites and made another hot meal. I must say I’m an expert chef when it comes to cooking pasta and canned chicken. (it’s actually not bad with hot sauce)

Highlight of the day… the first hot shower since Oneonta.

We ended our day by heading back to the fairgrounds were Jason negotiated with the manager to let us take showers and then to the local Wal Mart to call it a night.