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Welcome to Sioux Falls

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Warning...this post contains a lot of pictures (again). Hope you enjoy! First of all, I would like to extend a very Happy Mother's Day to all the beautiful moms reading my blog! I truly hope you have a blessed day! Secondly, on the road trip to Sioux Falls there were some exciting things to see. We stayed at another Harvest Host, Pioneer Auto Museum, and it didn't disappoint. We toured the museum and there were lots of items to see. Hubby by the original "General Lee" car they used on set for the Dukes of Hazard. Pictures were taken in a Volkswagen Bus, alongside Yoda and Jar Jar Binks. I can't even begin to count how many different cars, trucks, jeeps, motorcycles and other interesting sites that were there.  We headed out Sunday for Sioux Falls and went through a little part of the Badlands. There is a national park, but we will have to go there on our next visit.  Also saw some cute statues. I can't imagine how tall these are in person, just look at the siz...

Welcome to a little taste of WY, NE and the first stop in SD

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 Warning...this post contains a lot of pictures. Hope you enjoy! What an amazing week we have had in Hot Springs, SD. So different than Denver, that is for sure. Let me catch you up on our adventure. We left CO and headed to WY to a Harvest Host sight for a night. It was a lot of fun and hubby and I had a great time. WY is so pretty and I can't wait until we can go there again and explore more of it.  After WY we headed to Hot Springs, SD via NE. This is the first time I have been to NE and the route we took was very beautiful. I can't wait to explore more of that state as well. Notice how the NE sign reads, "Home of Arbor Day"? Well, I researched that and found out that J. Sterling Morton had an enthusiasm for trees and advocated strongly for them to be planted in this "Plains State". On January 4, 1872, Morton first proposed a tree planting holiday to be called, "Arbor Day". The date for this celebration was set for April 10, 1872 and prizes were...