Our stop in Sioux Falls as half way point on our journey to Kansas City offered another smelly damp hotel thanks to Zena and our need to find pet friendly hotels! Of course Zena also recognizes the state of our sleeping arrangements by refusing to eat or move anywhere in the room except the bed. We had a hike on the Big Sioux river the following morning which offered nice views of wildlife, ducks and flora. The heat broke and moved east so it was a nice morning. We sought out “Ole the Viking” the mascot of Augustana University. Eric Olson suggested this as a must see and we were not disappointed. Eric graduated from Augustana and is Ole Olson Jr. in our family. It reminds me that I need to find a book of Ole and Lena jokes. We lunched at the Falls before our 6 hour drive to Kansas City.
Now the fun begins. . . . Another day listening to podcasts, arguing about appropriateness of using cruise control in heavy traffic (me!!) and tracking rest stops. Missouri rest stops rival South Dakota for the bottom quartile with Indiana still in the bottom slot. We have especially enjoyed the podcast Fake The Nation.