Friday, July 20, 2007

Day 3: In The Car

We started day three on the west side of South Dakota and were hoping to make it to the corn palace and Cabellas on the east side on our way to Minneapolis. By the end of the day we thought that maybe we would have some time to shop a little before spending the night there to finish in the morning. We were wrong again. We were really bad at estimating how long it took us to get somewhere.

We spent the entire morning in the car before finally arriving in Mitchell in time for a later lunch. We visited the Corn Palace first. For those of you that have never heard of the Corn Palace it is a building that has been decorated entirely of corn. Every year at the start of the summer they strip the old corn and local grass and create a brand new design for the next year. It was quit the site to see an entire building made of corn. Inside the Corn Palace they have a large basketball arena which is used by the local college and high school teams. I thought it would have been really funny to play my basketball games in a Corn Palace. During the off seasons they set up a souvenir shop on the floor where you can find any thing corn related item editable or not.

After leaving the corn palace we headed over to Cabellas. We weren't looking to buy anything we just wanted to get a few pictures and see the mounts that were all over the store. This isn't exactly the type of store for Claire or I and we were anxious to get back on the road so we didn't stick around to long.

It didn't take riding in the car very long before we realized that we weren't going to make it in time for shopping but we were determined to get there and find a place to sleep so that in the morning we could sleep in a little and then head over to IKEA. So that is what we did. We spent most of the after noon and early evening in the car pushing to make it to Minneapolis at a decent time. When we finally arrived we took a relaxing dip in the hot tub and then ordered a pizza before calling it a day. Now with the excitement of going to IKEA the next day we will see if Claire can get any sleep? By the looks of this last picture, I think so.

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