Marc and I actually took a trip up there 10 years ago. I had been up there as a child a couple of times. We figured the kiddos (especially Luke) would enjoy it. We knew Kate, being only 3 years old, would merely be along for the ride but could certainly benefit from travel and learning to adapt to new and different situations.
To really make this trip hopefully awesome, we asked some high school friends of mine (who now live up there) if we could stay with them in Rapid City. They most graciously offered their hospitality. Admittedly, I was *slightly* nervous about staying with a couple whom I hadn't talked with in years (other than on "Facebook"). My biggest prayer was that their kiddos and our kiddos would do ok together. Now, as I look back at our week, I can honestly say it all worked out -- Yay!
Anyways -- we left home last Tuesday morning. Our family vacationing tradition is to stop at "Druber's," our little awesome donut shop, on the way out of town.
A little side note -- Last summer, we started a little thing called "renting a car for vacation to avoid extra wear and tear on our own vehicles and our big car has too many miles". (I hope that intensive run-on sentence makes sense). It's as fun and exciting for the kiddos as it is for Marc and me to drive a newer car. We ended up with a "Kia Sorento" -- a mid-sized SUV -- for this trip.
Rather than taking ALL of the 10-12 hour trip in one day, we decided to break it up into two days (both going and coming home)...we *slightly* veered out of our way and stayed in Sioux Falls, SD, the first and last nights.
Back to basic travel...
Luke lost another tooth in the car as we were approaching our hotel.
After arriving at/checking in the hotel and going to grab supper, Kate and I dropped Marc and Luke off back at the hotel to watch the baseball All-Star game. Kate and I then headed down by the river in Sioux Falls so Kate could walk with her baby. The baby's stroller actually was permitted to come along on the trip, but Kate thought her baby needed to be carried this particular evening on the bike path.
Kate had to show her baby the water....
And, as babies seem to like to do, Kate's baby had to have a diaper change RIGHT on the bike path....
Ohhhh, Kate and her #littlemama abilities and pretend play.... (Oh -- how I love watching this in her personality)....
AND -- more "normal" vacant pics are coming...I just want to document, for our family, even the seemingly mundane (though not mundane to me) aspects of our trip!
Stay tuned...South Dakota in the Black Hills really does have a lot to offer!
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