Packed up our stuff and departed Welcome, MN and continued our westward trek. We pulled out onto I-90 in gorgeous weather and the conditions remained terrific through the rest of Minnesota and right on into South Dakota, a journey of some 250 miles. We pulled off at one of the first rest areas because, unlike Michigan, they have visitor information centers in the rest stops here that are actually accessible to travels and motorists. What a unique concept!
We continued west into Chamberlain, SD, which is right along the east bank of the Missouri River. We pulled the Invader through town until we reached our destination for today at American Creek RV Park. The park assigned us a wonderful spot backed right up to the river and it is glorious. The park has full hookups, wi-fi that works some of the time and CATV.
As soon as we got the Invader set up, Peggy broke out the porter and we sat down in our lounge chairs to enjoy the view and scope out the local wildlife. Peggy convinced me that I was supposed to take her out to dinner so we crossed the Missouri to Oacoma, SD, population 968, where we found a place called Al’s Oasis. Al’s Oasis is actually a big conglomerate of stuff so it actually ends up being Al’s trailer park, Al’s general store, Al’s beer store and, luckily, Al’s restaurant where we purchased a reasonably priced but not terrific meal. The food was pretty good but not good enough to go again.
We called it a night after Al’s although we did get a picture of a giant fiberglass buffalo Al has mounted next to the road. Spiffy.