We arrived Friday, 6/8 at Left Tailrace Campground - Big Bend Dam project located by Ft. Thompson on Lake Sharpe (found out it was named after a Governor of South Dakota) -- it is absolutely beautiful with bluffs lining one side of the lake and more grassland type landscape on the other side. We are about 25 miles from Chamberlain, SD
We have a nice campsite that is a pull through -- a couple draw backs is that the water is nonpotable which means you cannot drink it (something to do with lead pipes or soldering when installed?? but is on the schedule to be replaced by next year and no sewer, which is pretty common at Corp campgrounds so we are conserving water usage to make it for the 2 weeks).
Here we are ----
We took the motorcycles out of the garage area today (Monday, 6/11) since we had storms on both Friday & Sunday nights. We think we are rainmakers -- it seems like where we travel, we bring rain.
Oh, here's the pics promised from Laura Ingalls Wilder home in De Smet, SD. The first picture is in front of the surveyors house the family lived in the 1st winter they were in De Smset.
The 2nd picture is in front of Pa & Ma's home (Laura never lived there) but that is the final home they stayed in until their passing. The young lady holding the door is our tour guide (a high school student) and she was very good in explaining the historical site and all the buildings on it.
The 3rd picture shows a shot of most of the 2 story house. Pa kept building on the original house until it was fairly large for those days of homesteads.
We are headed to Pierre, SD on Tuesday through scenic byways on the motorcycles following the Missouri as it makes a loop back on itself. We hope the temps hold at a pleasant 75 degrees -- and that the breezes stay light.
Signing off for now,
Traveling Pendergasts
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