Mitchell, SD July 25-28

We arrived in Mitchell and set up camp at Familee Fun Campground.

We were lucky we didn’t get lost because the GPS would have sent us in the wrong direction. After dinner out (At Chef Louies—our first lamb in 3 months), we watched “Hurt Locker” on our VCR.

The next day was a touring day. We went to the Corn Palace in downtown Mitchell. It’s “amaizing” what they can do with corn. The entire building is decorated with corn and the murals are changed on a yearly basis.

Crew changing mural

We then took a drive to see the James River which had risen 20 feet with all the recent rain. (18 feet is flood level.)

Road covered with water

On the way back into town, we saw evidence of the 70 mile an hour winds that went through town the previous Friday. A picture almost identical to the one below was on the first page of the Monday local newspaper.

Our final tourist foray of the day was to the Prehistoric Indian Village and Archeodome where we viewed a recreated Indian Lodge and an archeological dig.

The next day (our last in Mitchell) was a relaxing one. We did a quick tour of the Dakota Discovery Musuem and went out for drinks at Blarney’s Bar and Grill.