The wiiiiiiiiiind! Also corn Palace and indian village.

Last night the wind was brutal. The tents flapped and shook all night. I slept better than past nights because dad got me an air mattress, but the wind kept me up a lot with all the noise. Evvie and i got up around 6:30 for the day and got dressed. Dad helped me get the camp stove off the trailer and i made everyone eggs and bacon for breakfast. After we cleaned up we headed out to see the worlds only corn palace. Every hear they decorate the outside with murals made entirely out of corn and local grasses. We watched a video of the history of the palace then 14 year old max gave us a tour. I was impressed with what a good job he did.

After the tour we got some popcorn then went across the street to this cool castle looking building. Turned out to be a guy trying to shill his own religion, but the kids had fun playing in his indoor playground and his display of Solomon's temple was cool

After we got away from the weird religious store, we grabbed some lunch at burger king and went to a local park to eat it and let the kids play. While we were there, the kids found a toad and got to hold it for a but before they let it hop away.

Next we got back into the car and went o a prehistoric indian village dig sight. We watched a video, looked at a recreation of one of their dwellings, and visited the dig sight. No one was currently working but we could see the holes where they were digging and see lots of the artifacts that had been found. They had boxes of bones you could touch and james had a lit if fun looking at the dog bones and figuring out what they were. They had a sand pit outside where kids can dig up plastic arrowheads and trade them at the gift shop for a real one! All the kids enjoyed digging.

After the museum we headed back to camp. Evvie fell asleep in the car so grandpa sat with her while mom and i took the rest if the kids to the pool. Shockingly, she slept for an hour and a half in the car! She normally wakes as soon as the car stops so we must have worn her out! Once she was up she and grandpa came swimming with us too untill it was time to make dinner.

 After dinner james and wes went back swimming and elinor sat with evvie in the tent to try and get her to sleep. Elinor got to chat with her friend while doing that so she was excited to help. Mom and i did some laundry and packed lunches for tomorrows drive. We got the kids to bed around 9 and after cleaning the campsite up as much as we could because it is supposed to rain mom, dad, and i drove back to the corn palace to see it lit up . it was really pretty. Then we grabbed some dessert at McDonald's and went back to camp to hit the hay. We drive to mt. Rushmore tomorrow.