Bob has wanted to visit Sioux Falls for several years because the daughter of a good friend/co-worker had moved there. Unfortunately, she and her family have moved to Pennsylvania(?) so that chance was blown — don’t procrastinate!

Sioux Falls is a beautiful city. The falls are not spectacular, but pretty nice for a downtown and the park around them is beautiful.

Marilyn stopped to talk with a woman wearing a t-shirt from somewhere odd (neither of us can quite remember). The woman was a local and informed Marilyn that a week or so ago, the falls were a mere dribble compared to today and two days ago the falls themselves were almost invisible (reminded us of times when Great Falls, VA, was burried under flood waters).

A couple of the pictures are from a four-story tower attached to the gift shop. Bob was going to climb to the top to get a couple of pictures, but then noticed an elevator. So he went back to get Marilyn and everybody got to go to the top. It was fortuitous, because when we got to the elevator lobby at the top we were almost knocked over by the heat — the stairs and lobby were not air conditioned. It was delightfully cool in the wind on the platform outside (even if Bob wouldn’t get very close to the edge).