A comment on my last
post correctly noted that I incorrectly identified the statue at the I90
visitor center. It was not there when we
lasted visited the site and this visit was quick and I just assumed it was of
Sacagawea, oops. Since it was late, I
just pulled the post. So, one more time.
As we continued
along the Lewis and Clark trail heading to Kennebec, SD, we decided to stop at
the Corn Palace in Mitchell, SD. We have
been here several times before, but since they change the decoration on the
outside of the palace each year, we wanted to check it out again. Our first big surprise- the street in front
of the palace was being ripped up completely and the road was closed. After finding a place to park the motorhome
we threaded out way through the construction to the front entrance and got our
second surprise. The corn decoration on
the palace was now only being changed every other year. This was no big deal to us as we have not
been here in some years so it was still new to us. The current theme was music legends. We were told by a staff member that the
change was made by the newly elected mayor last year. Apparently, this decision and the mayor is
not all that popular. Perhaps the policy
will change at the next election. The
inside remains as we remembered it. The popcorn is still good!
Heading north again,
on I90, we stopped at the rest area with a Lewis and Clark visitor center. We have stopped here in the past and it has a
great view of the Missouri River. From
the visitor center, you can see across the river to a waterfront campground
that is believed to be on the site where the expedition camped on their way
north. We camped there some years ago,
while we were full timing. The most impressive thing to see at this stop is the
statue called “Dignity”.
The last stop was across
the river and visit Al’s Oasis near where the campground is located. We stopped here in 1986 on an RV trip to
Yellowstone and other western sites with our two small daughters and Anneke’s
parents from the Netherlands. A sort of
then and now moment.
7 comments:
Glad to hear the popcorn is still good, makes me want to go back there again. Sad to hear they are only going to change the design every other year, but in the era of tight budgets, I can understand.
Isn't the Corn Palace a hoot. We actually were really impressed with the work in all the panels.
We missed Al’s Oasis. Nice flashback photos.
We were just there in late June with the granddaughters. They had to have popcorn, of course. We, too, thought that statue was Sacajawea. Must be a common mistake. Then read the info on it. Impressive.
We don’t normally do tourist sights but I do want to see the Corn Palace, it’s such an amazing idea. I have to sympathize with the mayor in that it must be very expensive in time and corn to redo it every year. I sure would like to have seen this year in person. Love the music legends. Willie Nelson in corn just makes me smile. Thanks so much for the pictures of it. Not sure I can get there by the time they redo it but wish I could. The Dignity statue is beautiful. Very moving. About time the people we displaced got some recognition. How wonderful to be able to do flashback pictures from over 30 years ago.
On our bucket list, thanks for sharing.
The Corn Palace is awesome!! It has been quite awhile since we were there...need to go back!!
The statue of the Native American woman is amazing!! Quite lovely!! I would love to see it!!
Everything is made from corn -- kernels, cobs, shucks, right? Yup, that'd be a sight.
Besides, we love popcorn!
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