Sioux Falls

Last evening we prepared for a big dip in the temperatures. On Sunday we had temps that hit 99 degrees, but we would now be hitting the lower 40s overnight. We found a campground that turned out to be a really nice and beautiful space to land for the night. We hung out for the evening reading, listening to music and the got ready for the night. We layered all the blankets on the mattress, crawled in, and turned out the lights. It was actually a bit cool by then, but still quite comfortable. We both slept in our long pants and plenty of clothes and settled in for the night. I woke up around 2:30 and I could feel that it was getting pretty cold, so I pulled the sleeping bag over my head and cocooned for the rest of the night. Dana slept until around 7:30 but had already been laying there for a while. It was too cold and neither of us wanted to make the first move into the cold. Finally, I threw off the blankets and snatched my coat, put on my sandals, and embraced the cold. I headed out to use the restroom, the fired up the stove and got water heating for the coffee. We hugged our hot cups of coffee and felt our bodies warming up and the world looked a bit brighter.

We loaded up and headed east. Since we had plenty of time, we found a coffee shop in Mitchell and enjoyed some good coffee and a really delicious raspberry chipotle panini. We finished the day's trip to Sioux Falls. We are planning to spend several days and hope to ride some of the bike paths in the city. After arriving, we showered, napped and walked the streets of the downtown. We were quite impressed by the artsy feel of this area. There is a sculpture show along this downtown street. There are 80 sculptures from all over the country. We saw over half of them and many of them were really cool. We landed on a burger and beer joint. Bof the menu items were delicious.

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