We had an uneventful and easy drive today from the lake house to Brandon, SD, which is just over the border from Minnesota. We left the lake at 8:36 and got to our hotel at 3:26. With a 15 minute bathroom stop and 45 minutes at lunch (we had to go to 3 different places...), we made pretty good time. We like to keep our drives to around 6 hours, knowing that stops, construction, incidentals, etc. can make them much longer. Today, though, I almost wished we would have kept going a little further. But it was nice to get out of the car.
Plus, the kids were very excited about our hotel, which has a water slide and small kiddie water park. The "waterpark" was a bit tired looking but the water slide was fun, and the kids played for over an hour. Then we took showers, grabbed some Subway and headed to the Big Sioux Recreation Area Will had read about. We paid our six bucks, got a map of some trails and headed in. Sadly, when we got out of the car, we were immediately attacked by mosquitos. Having left our repellent at the hotel, we had to abandon our hike and leave the rec area. Instead, we found a park at an elementary school and played there for a bit. We relaxed at the hotel for a bit before reading and bed time. Tomorrow, we head to the Rapid City area for two nights. We will explore the Badlands on the way and are staying close to Rushmore and the Black Hills.
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