Sioux Falls, South Dakota

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Well folks, we have arrived in our home for a week now, Sioux Falls South Dakota.  As most of you know the situation here, we are hoping against hope to get to see Nicole.  We don't know until we go out to Achieve on Monday if we will be able to see her.

I found a video uploading service called Vimeo and I'm experimenting with getting a video clip here on the blog.  If it works, I will post a few more each day.

The first one I'm putting on here is from a few days ago at Yellowstone.  I hope it works!

We went to Lake City Minnesota after leaving Minneapolis.  Lake City is where Pat Riskas used to live.  For those of you that don't know, Pat is my sister in law Gail's mom.  That would also make her Wayne's brother Jim's mother-in-law.  See how that works?

Our trip to Lake City was in the first rain we've had yet on our trip.  Other than a couple real cloudbursts, it really wasn't that bad.  It stayed warm and muggy all day.

Lake City is a pretty little town along the Mississippi River.  Lots of nice things to see and pretty landscape both before and after Lake City.

This was on Friday, yesterday, and we just decided to come on into Sioux Falls  since it was only 4 hours away.  Yes, we are here early but Wayne feels much better about being here early.

We went to our favorite place in Sioux Falls to eat today.  It's The Original Pancake House.  They have a real variety of special pancakes and crepes.  My personal favorite is the Swedish Pancakes with Lingonberry.  MMMMMM!

We did some laundry last night for the first time since we left home.  Our hotel, the Fairfield does not yet have their laundry room in so we had to go across the parking lot to the Marriott Residence Inn where we were able to use their laundry room.  They have a very nice section of their lobby that is like a living room with a nice couch and some  chairs along with a very large screen Hi-Def TV.

Tomorrow I am going to re-organize all of our things.  We are going to be here for a while so we can unpack a bit.   We have been buying lots of souvenirs and I want to go through everything and consolidate them a bit.  Somewhere in there are a few things we bought for Nicole!

I know you are probably getting tired of hearing this, but this road trip is just amazing.  Wayne and I love being together and seeing all these beautiful things we have seen.  We love meeting all the new people and seeing the new places.

It is a very strong feeling in my heart of gratefulness to God for making this trip possible for us.  I am happy to be as healthy as I am and although I have gained so very much weight, I am still here.  I am still here and enjoying life more everyday.

Wayne and I are blessed for sure.  This is the trip of a lifetime and we are happy to share it all with you.

Love to everyone
Wayne and Colleen