Mitchell, South Dakota

On Sunday the 17th of July we arrived in

Mitchell, South Dakota.

It is hot here 102* and windy

but very little humidity!

~For hundreds of miles across Minnesota and South
Dakota all we saw were fields and fields of Corn
and Soy Beans~ beautiful wide open country~

A site on the highway Interstate 90

This is a sign advertising Wall Drug Store
That is located West of here in the City of
Wall, South Dakota
It attracted folks years ago by giving
weary travelers free ice water.
Still does that~
We will be going there on our way
by~ Look for those pics in a few days!
They also have 5 cent cups of coffee!

We are staying in Good Sam's Park

we needed to catch up laundry and cool

down after a few days of dry

camping while on the road!

This afternoon we went to the legend Corn Palace~

It was simply awesome to listen to the history

of the prairie and how the Corn Palace originated!



This is the 2011 Corn Palace
The first one was built in 1892, when the city
 of Mitchell was just 12 years old.



 

 Early settlers displayed their agricultural bounty on the buildings exterior to prove the fertility of the soil and  to attract immigrant farmers to settle here. Each fall a festival was planned to celebrate agriculture and the productivity of their people. To this day, over 100 years later, the tradition of the Corn Palace Festival continues in Mitchell.    "Corn-By-Number" Decorating   Each year a decorating theme is chosen and the outside of the Corn Palace is stripped and redecorated with new corn and grains. Over the summer, 3,000 bushels of rye,oat heads and sour dock are tied in bundles and attached. When the crop is ready, roughly 275 thousand eats of corn are sawed in half lengthwise and nailed to the building following a pattern created by local artists.



Do you recognize these Corny Faces!
It is Us!



Follow the yellow corn toes through the palace!

These are all made out of Corn Husks and Corn~

This is some of the Art ~ Painted-by-Corn ~

More art work made of corn
Simply amazing!

~ Downtown Saloon ~



Downtown Mitchell



~More downtown~



Phew! 102* Heading to the car after seeing
 the Corn Palace that is it in the background!



Still a motorcyclist at heart!
This is one of the panels on the outside
of the Corn Palace!

 We had a great time then came back to the RV park and hopped
into the pool! It was like bath water but still cooler than it was
out side.
Love to all of you~
We think about you all as we travel cross country!