Sioux Falls, South Dakota

The kids are standing under the South Dakota sign at the first rest stop over the border from Minnesota. We have driven 430 miles today from Wisconsin, through Minnesota, and into South Dakota for a total of 860 miles so far. Yesterday's trip was longer than estimated due to our detour to get Chris and go by the house. Today was beautiful weather. We stopped at a rest stop beside the mighty Mississippi which was beautiful and took a few pictures but otherwise we pressed forward to get the driving done. We got off to a late start today (noon) due to sleeping in, having a great breakfast at the hotel, giving Dharma some swimming time, and then dealing with computer complications. We didn't arrive at our hotel until almost 8:00 p.m. (We had a long rest stop at the one in the picture because Shaun was at Barb's H.S. in Anchorage registering her and we ended up having to have a conference call over her schedule for the year.) We ordered Dominoes pizza at the hotel and let the kids have some swimming time to wear off energy. Tomorrow we go through the Badlands and then drive to Rapid City, South Dakota where apparently a gabillion bikers are staying for Sturgis. Should be an interesting day all the way around.