July 2021 - Sioux Falls
We spent a few days checking out Sioux Falls and its surroundings. In town the highlight were the namesake falls, which were quite lovely. Outside of town, we really enjoyed visiting De Smet which had the annual Little House on the Prairie pageant that weekend. Everything was booked out so we stayed in a motel that had no internet presence and cost $48, and got our money's worth. And then we also went to the Corn Palace, which has really cool mosaics made out of different colored corns.
We spent a few days checking out Sioux Falls and its surroundings. In town the highlight were the namesake falls, which were quite lovely. Outside of town, we really enjoyed visiting De Smet which had the annual Little House on the Prairie pageant that weekend. Everything was booked out so we stayed in a motel that had no internet presence and cost $48, and got our money's worth. And then we also went to the Corn Palace, which has really cool mosaics made out of different colored corns.
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| The namesake falls of the Big Sioux river | ||
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| They were very lovely as the sun was setting | An epic hill rolling contest | |
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| The set of the Little House on the Prairie pageant | The actual Ingalls homestead | A replica of their homestead house. A bit cramped! |
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| A very cute tiny pony (miniature doesn't do justice to just how diminuitive it was) | Pumpin water | A church from the homestead period |
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| A period schoolhouse | Rockin that organ | |
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| A whole lot of space on the homestead! | The Corn Palace! A giant tribute to corn. | |
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| Large corn mosaics all over the inside | One of my favorites, having just been very impressed during my first visit to Mt. Rushmore | Large mosaics on the outside too |