Not far from Sioux Falls is a place called Mitchell. This is where the world's only Corn Palace is located. So, we stopped. Because, why not? Plus, I'd been there as a child and thought it would be fun to take the boys someplace mommy went to when I was around their age.
I also knew this would be the last interesting place to stop for a long, long while- but I didn't tell them that!
They seemed to enjoy it. J freaked out when Kelso decided he'd like to sit on the shoulder of a life-sized Indian wood carving. "Ewwwww, mommy's putting Kelso on a dead guy!" is what he shouted. Neither boy would go near the carving (see photos below)
We bought some souvenirs, took some pictures, and admired what works of art could be created using just 9 colours of corn and millions of staples. Then, we hit the road. The long, long, road.
It got really boring, really fast. This was not one of our favourite drives. It became a "let's just get there already" journey to the next town.
One point of interest along this stretch (the ONLY point of interest!) was Al's Oasis. I'm not saying you should plan your vacation around stopping there specifically or anything, but when you've been in a car with 2 children under the age of 9, 2 dogs and a husband for hours and hours- it makes a good stop.
A word to the wise- 5 cent coffee tastes exactly like- 5 cent coffee. Don't waste your nickle.
P.S. The photos are horribly out of order. I need to edit the HTML in order to change them around, and it's really time-consuming. Another project for the list :)
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