Sunday, September 15, 2013
Rivers and Lakes, corn and soy
We have been lucky enough to find a lot of campgrounds with rivers/lakes out our back window. Good views for frog who hangs out there. In Alice we had our table with large windows out the back but in Ida the bed is in the back. Nonetheless water views from our campsite are pretty special. Tonight we are looking at Big Stone Lake (most likely a dammed river) which sits between South Dakota and Minnesota. We are on the Minnesota side; our 3rd state in 3 nights.
Today we drove through the eastern bit of South Dakota. Pretty flat. Lots of corn and soy. Lots of grain silos which imply they grow wheat as well. We passed a biofuel refinery. And a neon sign with corn price for the day ($4.49). We detoured into the tiny town of Bowdle with South Dakota's tallest water tower--I would post a photo if I didn't have so much to do tonight already.
The last bit of SD had lots of tiny lakes/ponds--some with lots of birds. So water is a theme--although we didn't entirely get away from trains although I'll guess we'll hear no train whistles tonight.
The evening has been spent making plans for the rest of the week. It looks like we will detour north to Hinkley where there is supposed to be a great bike trail--and then return to see friends in the Twin Cities later in the week. More later.
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Today we drove through the eastern bit of South Dakota. Pretty flat. Lots of corn and soy. Lots of grain silos which imply they grow wheat as well. We passed a biofuel refinery. And a neon sign with corn price for the day ($4.49). We detoured into the tiny town of Bowdle with South Dakota's tallest water tower--I would post a photo if I didn't have so much to do tonight already.
The last bit of SD had lots of tiny lakes/ponds--some with lots of birds. So water is a theme--although we didn't entirely get away from trains although I'll guess we'll hear no train whistles tonight.
The evening has been spent making plans for the rest of the week. It looks like we will detour north to Hinkley where there is supposed to be a great bike trail--and then return to see friends in the Twin Cities later in the week. More later.
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# posted by Carol Harma @ 6:26 PM 
