Sunday, September 1, it is a beautiful morning, no AC needed today. We headed out for breakfast at a local restaurant and weren't disappointed, then headed back home. Now that we have our camera, phone and maps, we can do some site seeing. First stop is the infamous Corn Palace, actually it was quite interesting, the building is decorated with multi-colored corn and different local grasses. Inside there were pictures of the past buildings themed décor, as well as a BB court, and stage that also had corn decorations around it. Not a place we need to see on a regular basis, but it was interesting for a new-bee tourist in the area. From there we did a geocache, and then headed for a ride outside of town. We came across Lake Mitchell and did the drive around that, stopping at a couple of the little picnic/park areas on the lake (beautiful place). As we were headed back to the main road, we found this Archeodome, over a 1,000 year old Indian village. They had a short film to watch, a tour through the museum and then you actually got to go into the area were they are doing the archeological dig. Our guide was very knowledgeable and informative, making the visit very interesting. Back home for chicken on the grill, and interesting night watching all the folks in the CG.  |
| Archeological Dig Site |
Monday was an interesting day, about 10:00 the whistle must have gone off and the people starting pouring out of the CG. It was almost funny to watch, and it made the CG look much larger. We had a lazy morning, then I drug Brad out to do some shopping, first to Wal-Mart and then the grocery store. It was going to be a steak dinner for us, but since lunch wasn't eaten until 2:00, we settled on sausages and potato salad. We managed to pack up a few things, getting ready for the move tomorrow, but didn't do much other than enjoying the cooler weather and quiet CG.
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| Offutt AFB Camp Site |
Tuesday we packed up and were ready to hit the road about 10:00, heading towards Omaha, figuring we would stop after about 150/200 miles. In the process of packing up, we must have left in half of the fly population from Mitchell, it took me an hour of swatting and cleaning up, 'til we could finally sit without feeling like you were being swarmed. We finally hit Sioux City about 2:00, stopped at a visitor center asking for local CG information, the gentleman was very nice, and gave me lots of brochures and information, but nothing on CG's. We looked at our map again and decided to do the last 100 miles and get to the Offutt, AFB in Omaha, it is so much easier driving the 300 miles on the straight, flat roads in the west than it is back east, and this way we will be parked for 3 nights. We got to the grounds about 4:00, parked and set up by 4:30. We did our normal walk around the CG, then started dinner, steak, mushrooms and a baked sweet potato, delicious. After that we headed out for a nice long walk, to the little peninsula that sticks out into the lake. Back inside, dishes done and ready for bed, let's see what we find tomorrow.
Diane and Brad
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