On my way there, I made the requisite stop in Mitchell to see the corn palace theme for this year. Pat and the locals call it the “World’s largest birdfeeder” ;) lol This year’s theme is transportation.
I arrived Friday night to a home cooked meal including her grape salad! It was fun to visit with her, Dennis her husband and Radar her boston terrior.
Saturday, I had my own personal tour guide of the area. Pat took me to see the Fort Randall area. There is a dam with beautiful lakes for recreation.
The road to the old fort and chapel was blocked off for road construction, but Pat got permission to get there anyway since they weren’t working on it. When we arrived, we were greeted by a flock of turkeys ;)
The fort is gone now, but the foundations of the structures are marked and the chapel remains are still standing from the late 1800’s.
There is an old cemetery there too, which lists some of the causes of death. It was interesting to read some of them, like consumption and remittent fever. I had to look some of them up.
Pat gave me a tour through some of the beautiful campgrounds she frequents as well. It’s a beautiful area.
Then, we stopped for lunch at an Indian casino/restaurant and had Indian tacos on wonderful fry bread!
In the afternoon, we went a different direction and Pat showed me where she worked. We also incorporated some geocaching throughout the day. It turns out there was even one in Avon, her home town with a population of 625. It was a 2” bison tube with a magnetic plate attached to the back of the sign post. And guess who found it? Yep, Pat’s a natural at geocaching.
Here’s a photo of her find :)
We enjoyed happy hour together and had a great time visiting. Sunday morning I filled my water tank and headed towards Texas.
Pat and Radar seeing me off.
Thank you so much Pat for your kind hospitality and friendship :)
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