June 9, 2010
From Sloan, Iowa to Mitchell, South Dakota
This trip could have been an Agricultural tour. On the interstates from Kentucky, to Illinois, to Missouri, to Iowa and now in South Dakota, we have seen some of the most beautiful farms and crops. Corn is definitely King in this area and that is why the locals each year since 1892 have built a Corn Palace to say corn is King. Several pictures are attached of the palace and you can learn more about the history at http://www.cornpalace.org/. The building is redesigned each year with ears of corn attached to plywood and then attached to the building. It is truly a work of art. Scenes above cannot do justice to the beauty of a sunrise this morning over an Iowa corn field or the morning mist rising from the field on the other side of the area where we spent the night in Sloan, Iowa. I am thankful that I am an early riser and able to see the beauty of the day beginning and the change in lights as the sun covers the new day. The Cabelas store was much like the Bass Pro Shop in Prattville. We parked our coaches there until leaving and moving on towards the Badlands. As we neared Chamberland, SD we went over a hill and there was a sight that no artist could put on canvass, the Missouri River!! A few pictures above tried (but failed) to capture the awe of driving into the valley to the Missouri. Tomorrow.....the badlands
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