Day Six and We Put 206 Miles Behind Us.

 Monday, April 24, 2023

Yes, I have fallen behind again but the next couple of days I will be making an attempt at catching up. We moved out of the Rosebud Casino Parking Area at 9:30AM and drove over to the Fuel Plaza across the way to top off our diesel tank. About 20 minutes later we once again pointed the nose of the Stinger "B" North on US-83. The temperature was 42 degrees and the there was just a whisper of wind as we started today's trek that would bring us to I-90 were we would turn East.  

The sign to the right of the Jeep is the Welcome to South Dakota
sign. We may have still been in Nebraska last night..😊.

I just loved the look of the colors on the hills.

Going through Mission, South Dakota

and this is the road ahead.

Every once and awhile we saw patches of snow..

As we approached this water ahead I could see white dots.

As we got closer I could see what I believe are Pelicans and ducks.

As we were going by, what I later found out was the Sicangu Akicita Owicahe Tribal Veterans Cemetery, I was able to snap these first two pictures below and part of a sign. Using what I could see of the name on the sign and a little research I was able to find out what we went by. The 3rd and 4th pictures I copied from the internet along with the information I included below.

This veterans cemetery, which opened on Memorial Day 2013, is the first National Native American Cemetery. It was made possible by a seven million dollar grant obtained by the Rosebud Sioux Tribe Veterans Affairs; it was the first grant of its kind to be awarded to a sovereign tribal nation.

The name Sicangu Akicita Owicahe is Lakota for Rosebud Tribal Veteran. The Rosebud Sioux Tribe has more than 4,000 US military veterans, the highest per capita of any ethnic group, and the cemetery serves to honor them as both US veterans and Lakota warriors.

The cemetery was designed in the shape of a turtle, which is one of the most important symbols in Lakota culture as it represents life, longevity and fortitude. At the time of completion, the cemetery had 32 columbaria and over 600 crypts.

 It is located on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation and managed by the tribe.(Information found online)

The countryside, 

in my opinion, was beautiful along here.

We did go down every once and awhile.

Going up and over

then up some more.

In front of a school, "Go Tigers", I just thought he was cute.

Going up yet again

and then up some more.

Still going up.

Tom is pretty sure we would get good gas millage going South.

It may look like it is flat but we good still feel the engine 
pushing us up.

A little downward

and we passed a farmer working in his fields.

Another farmer I would guess headed to one of his fields.

Yes, the Stinger "B" is about to push us up again.

Then after 68 miles we merged onto I-90

in time to go up.

We saw these markers, the white ones on the shoulders,
when we went through construction zones today.
We had never seen anything like that before.
Not sure what their purpose is.

After 503 miles US-83 turned north without us.

Saw a small herd of deer out of the corner of my eye and 
caught these few when I clicked the camera shutter.

Tom could feel the wind increasing as we traveled north today 
and checking it was around 18 mph when we turned East
at Murdo, SD. Our flag is flying proudly in the wind.

Going over the Missouri River near Chamberlain, SD.

We did stop here but these pictures deserve their own post.

I was beginning to think I was not going to get a picture of a
windmill today then not long before our exit I spotted this one.

Mitchell, SD
We have visited the Corn Palace a couple of times in the past
to see the murals on the outside walls of the building.
I wonder what this years design on the outside will be.

The World’s Only Corn Palace is Mitchell’s premier tourist attraction. A building decorated entirely with corn and other grains. It was built in 1892, just after South Dakota became a state, to showcase the rich soil and to prove the fertility of the region. The building is famous for the huge, colorful mural on the sides, made of corn and redesigned every year.

The building brings thousands of visitors to Mitchell, all coming to see the unique murals. But the building also has other purposes. It hosts high school proms, dances, banquets and even sporting events.

The present building is not the original one, but the third of its kind, completed in 1921. Entrance is free and the palace is open from 8am to 9pm, from Memorial Day (last Monday of May) to Labor Day (first Monday in September).

The two pictures below are from the internet.

It was interesting and fun to see how this looks up close. Wish we could have taken a ride closer this year. We did not even know it was here until we stopped for the night at the KOA in Mitchel. There were tornado watches and the woman in the office suggested we take a ride into the city before setting up our tent. I am glad she did. That was back in 1972 and we were on our way to the Black Hills we had heard of Mt. Rushmore. We then stopped again in 1992 when we were again on our way to the Black Hills with our kids, and still tenting but it was larger one by then.

 

2019

We pulled into the Walmart in Mitchell around 3 and found a decent spot that was fairly flat.

After setting up inside we took a walk into the store to do a little shopping, Then afterwards we took a walk over to the the Whiskey Creek Wood Fire Grill for dinner. Our review would be not awful but not great. Another words it was okay but we would not stop again. The Culver's across the street had a better review and we now know why. 

Today we put 209 miles behind us and tomorrow will be a short ride to our next destination where we will be spending three nights.

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