Yankton, S.D. - Lewis & Clark Recreational Area

May 21-22

Arrived Tuesday evening in Yankton, S.D. at the Lewis and Clark Recreational Area.  Spent the past two days under rainy and cool weather.  We toured the Visitor’s Center on the bluffs overlooking the Dam and power plant near where Lewis and Clark first met the Sioux Indians in 1804.  Did see lots of Lilac in bloom across the state as you see Joy stopping to enjoy it on a morning walk.

We enjoyed lunch at Minerva’s here in Yankton.  Our Ozark friends will fondly remember the original Minerva’s in Sioux Falls.  Took in a movie this afternoon (Star Trek) and a quiet evening at home readying for our trip tomorrow to the Black Hills.  Down along the river we did not have wi-fi or very good phone service so we're posting a day late.  It will happen again.

May 23

Departing Yankton this morning under sunny skies.  We enjoyed a quiet and uneventful trip across farm country through smaller roads until we rejoined I-90 west of Mitchell, S.D.  Joy had to stop at Wall Drug Store in Wall after seeing hundreds of signs.  Their claim to fame was free ice water back as far as 1931.  And yes there was a pharmacy but no Mr. Wall.  Across South Dakota we saw many Little Houses on the Prairie like the last picture here.  Always wonder about the story that house has of life lived, children raised, broken dreams, and life fulfilled.

We are now parked at the Rush No More RV Park in beautiful Sturgis, S. D.  Mountain Time is now the rule as we continue West.  We will be here until Tuesday morning to enjoy Memorial Day.  Watch our blog the next few days as we sightsee Mt. Rushmore tomorrow, then head out to see Wind Cave and Jewel Cave National Parks, followed by a trip to the Badlands.  And we might just through in a side trip out the Devil’s Tower, WY where that cult classic movie “Close Encounters” was filmed in part.