The adventures of Jen and Doug and a black cat named Mr. Knightley.
Jury duty obligations successfully completed, we headed west from our home city of Sioux Falls out to the state capitol in Pierre (which we learned is not pronounced “pea-air” (with a French accent), but “pier”). …
We were settled in Sioux Falls, South Dakota for a couple weeks around Doug’s jury duty service, and took a weekend trip around the Northeast corner of our home state. Let’s be honest, there is …
Sioux Falls is proud of its burgers, and so Doug attempted to partake of as many as he could while we were in town. The frybread tacos were also a highlight. Warning: don’t read this …
As we can’t help but mention repeatedly, we spent some extra time in our home state due to Doug being called for jury duty for a full month (of which he was called to serve …
Pierre, S. Dakota, is a long way from everywhere. But it is in the center of South Dakota, which is why it won out over several other cities when the location of the capital for …
We’d recently visited the birthplace of Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867-1957) in Pepin, Wisconsin, which was underwhelming. However, De Smet, South Dakota, not only has more of a claim to Wilder and her family, it has …
There’s a museum somewhere in the world devoted to just about every topic imaginable. The International Vinegar Museum in Roslyn, South Dakota, in the northeast corner of the state, is the world’s first and only …
The South Dakota Art Museum in Brookings has a collection of more than 7,000 works by South Dakota artists. Since South Dakota is our home state now, we thought we should check it out. The …
My hope when we went to McCrory Gardens in Brookings, South Dakota, was that I’d see lots of flowers while Doug saw lots of birds. It worked out well for me (as you’ll see from …
The greeter at the Redlin Art Center said “you’ve heard of Terry Redlin, of course,” to which we both replied “uhhhh.” No, never, sorry! But the center looked interesting and we are always up to …
