On the road at last, I90 took us due east into the cornfields of southeastern South Dakota and western Iowa.
In Sioux Falls, we left our old friend I90 and headed south for a bit to Sioux City. We turned east again on a small country road, US 20, that led us through the towns of Moville, Correctionville, Cushing, Holstein, and Galva. From the town of Early, the road was a nice four lane highway. Not quite a freeway as there were numerous side roads entering and exiting from it, and cross traffic was a bother. After some 287 miles we've found a nice spot to rest for the evening in the parking lot of…….
Walmart in Fort Dodge, Iowa. While we were shopping in the store this evening, the tornado sirens went off and the rain and wind started. Now, we had made it through the entire day without so much as a drop of rain, but could it be that we would have a record-breaking dry day? Oh, no….not today. We could hear the rain on the roof of Walmart, and all the customers were herded to the back of the store near an outside wall that was protected by another building outside. Kinda scary for California kids. We talked to some of the other patrons and found that this "happens all the time". OK. We were still nervous. By the time we had been given the OK, and the sirens had stopped, the rain had disappeared also, so that when we walked out we were met with a wall of 78 degree temp with 100% humidity.
So into the car we went, with the air conditioner on for a quick tour of Ft Dodge. The currently most interesting things about this town are that the streets are in horrible need of repair and that there are a lot of churches. This is the spire of Corpus Christo Catholic Church, the highest spire in town.
Other than that….Ehhh, not much.
On the road again tomorrow. Hopefully without rain, although the weather channel doesn't think so. Tonight we have a tornado watch until 11:00 pm, and 60% chance of high winds and rain tomorrow.
Wish us luck.
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