July 27, 2012

July 27, 2012 

After leaving Council Bluffs at 6:30,  we pulled into the Sioux City Sam’s Club parking lot in time to eat a pancake breakfast at McDonald’s.  After “fueling” ourselves and the motor home, we continued north on I-29 and discovered an interesting bit of geography.  Sioux City is in Iowa, South Sioux City is in Nebraska, and North Sioux City is in South Dakota.  Hm-m-m-m!  We only crossed one river, but didn’t know it put us in South Dakota.  Several miles later there were billboards advertising thing in SD.  We completely missed a State Line Celebration!  Drats!  Oh, well.  Life goes on!

We parked at Cabela’s in Mitchell on I-90.  There was a geocache power run starting here with caches hidden every .1 of a mile.  Usually, each container is alike and hidden in the same manner.  When we finally got started we found all of them fairly quickly.  

You may know that I report critter sightings from time to time.  Well, today, besides seeing cattle on the ranches as we drove across South Dakota, I saw a tiny chipmunk in the parking lot at Cabela’s.  I have had some help today, though...from Meredith in Loveland, Colorado.

This morning, both of her dogs were setting up quite a ruckus in the backyard.  She called them and Joey came back to her.  Not Hapa!  She wouldn’t give up.  It seems the dogs had a raccoon in a tree and Hapa wasn’t about to leave her prize.  Meredith won out, in spite of the dog’s determination.

Later, Dwaine took the dogs on a trail for some exercise.  They met a couple who advised Dwaine not to go any further.  There was a bear taking a nap by the side of the trail.  That would have been a whole new kind of playmate for the two pups.  Yikes!

So my critter report was borrowed.  Thanks, Meredith.

Today’s Travel Totals: Mileage, 253---Geocaches found, 13.