Had a wonderful visit with our niece Tammy and her family in SD. (thanks Tammy, and family)for your gracious hospitality.) After church on Sunday we went to eat at the Hu Hot. It is a mongolian restaurant, where we each picked out the ingredients and sauces we wanted, loading our bowls up buffet style, then watched as our meals were cooked on a large donut shaped griddle. The spatulas the chefs used to mix and move each individuals food on the griddle as it cooked made loud noises as they pushed pulled and scraped the food into individual piles. Each person followed their food to the end of the process by walking around a round counter that surrounded the griddle, and was rewarded by a yummy, hot steaming dish of veggies and whatever else they chose to put in it. It was fun and tasted great. It was great to see everyone and reconnect in person. Thanks to neighbor Dave for doing a machine check on our check engine light and for some guidance on places to camp around Rapid City SD. We made our 2 night reservation before we left.
In spite of our good intentions we got off to a bit of a late start. Our check engine light was on again as we drove out of Canton, so we located a Volvo mechanic in Sioux Falls and stopped there. Before we got there we stooped and prayed asking the Lord to help it be some very minor thing that was easily taken care of. Thanks to out GPS (named NOMA, which stands for "no more getting lost.") we found the repair shop OK. They got us in quickly, wheeling the machine out to our car so we wouldn't have to unhook the trailer. Turns out the check engine light was on because when I got gas, I didn't get the gas tank on tight enough, so it triggered the light to come on. The mechanic turned it off, didn't charge us anything and sent us on our way. Praise the Lord.
Some boring scenery today, but as the miles went by the scenery changed from corn fields to grassy rolling hills, (the kind that were in the movie "Dances with Wolves", I love that movie.) and then mountains in the distance. There were some storms moving through the area, the skies were shaded with deep blue, and gray, with some rolling streaks of white. many were pulled over to take pictures, of course my digital camera batteries needed to be recharged, so I didn't get any pics.) Bad timing, but I do have them recharging now.
We are now on Mountain Time. We pulled into the Happy Trails campground on the outskirts of Rapid City around 7 PM. A storm was brewing in the sky, but we got our camp set up before it started. After a long day of driving we decided to eat out. By the time we left the restaurant, the wind was blowing so hard, that we could hardly get the door open, once we got it open, it took great effort to get it closed. It rained on the way back to the campground, but the big stuff didn't start until we were safely in the Firefly. We were as snug as 3 bugs in a rug (including Button) as the storm blew in . We had paid $3.00 extra to have cable TV, but it was raining and storming so bad that we didn't want to go out in the rain to hook it up. Oh well, we'll catch up on the news tomorrow night. We are 20 miles from Mt. Rushmore and the weather tomorrow is supposed to be better than it was today.
The spaces in this campground are the smallest we've ever seen, this makes things a bit noisy at times. It sounds like our neighbors have 5 kids or more, having a laughing giggling slumber party. I'm glad to see them have fun, but it is well after midnight. Hopefully they will tire out soon. Looking forward to a relaxing day of site seeing tomorrow.
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