Friday, October 5, 2018

157 miles today, Wall SD to Pierre (pronounced "Pier") SD, with a complete circuit of Badlands National Park as we left Wall.  The Park is just as spectacular as we remembered it from several visits in recent years.
In Pierre (capitol of SD) we spent 2.5 hours at the South Dakota Cultural Heritage Center, a facility we've always enjoyed.  Their collections of Native American artifacts and other materials is outstanding, stunning.  Their most famous artifact is the Horse Effigy Stick collected by a missionary at a Sioux reservation in the late 1800s.  We'll attach a picture or two.  The three-dimensional carved horse represents a warrior's brave steed, bullet wounds along its body, and interpreted to be leaping to its death.  It is a stunning example of Native American art and is a well known symbol throughout the State.  A true Native American icon.
We're still not sure about plans for tomorrow.  We'll be keeping an eye on weather patterns which recently have been very unstable in the eastern states.  Midwest as well.
Take care all.

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