The Falls

November 8, 2011

Everything ran really smooth for our travels yesterday. We were at Schaap RV Dealership by 9:30am with the Open Range and they were able to replace the cable on the living room slide. While they were working on it we went out to see what was available to in Sioux Falls.

The first place we saw was the Vet. Memorial Park. It was very well done and we had a lot to read on the war heroes of all the wars the former residents of Sioux Fall who served.

We utilized our handy GPS to look for a restaurant and found Falls Overlook Cafe which seemed to be an interesting one, just by the name. Since we were in Sioux Falls they must have a falls.

It turned out to be just opening for the day and we were greeted with friendly smiles and conversation. It was a be of activity with city workmen cleaning fans and light fixtures on the high ceiling and putting up Xmas decorations in and outs side the building. We enjoyed the light breakfast before we went out to explore the falls that the cafe overlooked.

The history of the building was intriguing as it was over 100 year-old and in the past was the former power plant for Sioux Falls built in 1908. The quarry was formed back during the Ice Age million's of years ago, exposing the granite rocks that we saw were everywhere.

We were able to pick up the Open Range by 12:30. The repair was covered by warranty. We left Sioux Falls heading to I-29 south towards Omaha NB. Driving along the Missouri River gave us a feel of how badly the floods were the spring as there was debris of trees and silt far up on the banks.

Later in the afternoon we arrived at the Shelby Country Inn and RV park in Shelby, Iowa, just east of Omaha, Nebraska. It started to rain shortly after we arrived and rained hard all night, with strong winds that shook the trailer.

Today we were up early as usual and because we did not un-hook from the truck, we were able to get on I-80 by 8:30am. It was still raining and cool, 4C, but the wind was not as high as during the night. We contacted to I-29 South towards Kansas City.

There were more evidences of the flooding from last spring along the Interstate through Iowa and Missouri. We were told by the hosts when we arrived at the KOA at Oak Grove east of Kansas City on I-70 East that the water levels from the dam that were released could have covered all of Iowa and Missouri.

Our trailer is very comfortable and warm as we settled down for the rest of the evening.

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