south dakota

The 9 hour drive to South Dakota was for the most part uneventful. The highlight of our journey was when we made a pit stop at the World's Largest Truck Stop in Walcott Iowa. We were greeted in Yankton South Dakota by frigid sub zero temps. We're talking history making lows. Wind chill considered, the temp was -38 degrees! This was pretty much the standard the few days that we were there cold, cold, cold, and some more cold. Of course I can't forget to mention that one of our shows was in a town called Gayville! Our time in South Dakota was short-lived and before we knew it we were back on the road for our 12 hour trip to Waterloo Indiana. We stretched the trip out over our weekend, which made the hours in the van much more bearable. We did manage to stop back at the World's Largest Truck Stop, we snagged a great Microtel Hotel in Iowa that had just opened, and then made it to Merilliville IN just in time to watch the Miss America Pageant! To our Surprise and delight Miss Michigan won the title! We bummed around on Sunday window shopping at the mall, and catching a matinee at the movie theater.