De Smet, SD

Monday, July 30.  We were supposed to go to Fargo, ND today to visit Shelene (a woman I work with in Tucson) but she called to let us know they had a family thing and had to leave.  Hmm.  From Fargo we were going to go to Sioux Falls, SD to visit Marilyn & Miller Glanzer (they winter in Tucson at FHTV) and have dinner with them.  We were actually going to zig-zag from Coon Rapids, MN north to Fargo then straight south to Sioux Falls, then west to Custer, SD staying one night in each place.  Mike and I have already learned on this trip we do not like to set up and tear down for just a one night stand.  So we decided to skip Sioux Falls (sorry Marilyn!!) and head due west and find a place to stay for two nights before heading over to Custer, SD.  Mike found us a nice RV park on a pond in De Smet, SD, home of Laura Ingalls Wilder of "Little House on the Praire" fame.  It was also a Passport America park so we got two nights for $30 and it was full hookups!!  We set up and had our evening wine out by the pond, watching the turtle heads pop up and the cormorant feeding on fish.  It was a delightful evening followed by watching the Olympics.  Oh yes, I got my dish up and pointing in the right direction with no trees blocking the signal!!

This is where we had our wine, nice spot don't you agree?  Mike is busy with his new iPhone, I think he likes it, hey Mikey??

This is the view out the front window of the motor  home.  It's really a lovely spot.  Hmm, could that be why they call this RV Park, "Spot?"  Because it's the spot??