We felt like we spent a long time in South Dakota, or maybe it's just a really long state. But, we are big fans, at least of the summertime. It is beautiful, clean, and had great weather during our visit. After our night in Sturgis, we headed east via a beautiful county road that took us through Deadwood and so many neat roadside spots. We would like to come back to the Black Hills and Deadwood for a longer visit. What a cool area! Then the decision was to head east through the Badlands National Park, or forgo that for the Interstate 90 so Jake could experience and I could relive a stop at Wall Drug. It's really not the stop at Wall Drug that is the experience, it's the anticipation. Jake earned a quarter for every Wall Drug sign we passed that he could read. He made $12.75 to spend there! It was very exciting!
One of hundreds of Wall Drug Signs. Scott spotted the first one in Wyoming.
We had another stop across South Dakota at the Pioneer Auto Museum, the one and only attraction in Murdo. An enormous collection of autos and vintage memorabilia, right up the boys alley! Even boat motors...note Scott's matching shirt. Jake participated in the treasure hunt throughout the dozens of buildings and won a frisbee.
Our last official South Dakota stop was at Bob's Cafe in Sioux Falls. We found it on Roadfood.com. http://www.roadfood.com/Restaurant/Reviews/671/bobs OMG!!! The best chicken ever, by far, we have ever eaten. The photo does not do it justice. And the place is a crack up. We ate at the counter and enjoyed watching the "action". The sign is bigger than the diner. They call it "broasted", but it is some kind of pressure cooker frying that made it just YUMMY. More good healthy eating. This however, was totally worth it! It was cheap too!
We finally crossed the border into Minnesota. We stayed at a fantastic family style campground in Waseca, called Keisler's Campground, on Clear Lake. We had our first real campfire so far on the trip. And Jake saw lightning bugs for the first time. We laid awake listening to it pour rain all night! As we drove east Thursday morning, things looked wetter and wetter. We passed by lots of corn and porn....it's funny how many adult stores you see in these parts! Apparently, there has been a lot of flooding going on and we were headed into it. We crossed over the Mississippi River and continued a nice farmland drive into OshKosh, WI. We are getting ready to drop off the truck and trailer at the airport for the Oshkosh Air Show that Scott is flying in the C-47 with Sherman and a big group. We are hoping things dry up a bit. Thousands of people are heading into Oshkosh to camp during the festivities, and it is just too wet right now. Thankfully, Scott and Sherman have passes to park the trailer out on the tarmac under the wing of the airplane. Jake, Clover and I will be heading to Cincinnati on Saturday to visit my cousin Paige (and Aunt Kendall will be there too) while the boys camp out at the air show. 
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