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Trip Recap: Dakotas (North and South)
Aug. 29th, 2016 02:57 pmFinally feeling better, so here's the first part of my trip recap. My boyfriend and I hit the road and drove down through North Dakota, stopping off at a rogue Dairy Queen in Moorhead, ND. It's rogue because it still uses its contract with Dairy Queen from 1949 and is thus able to offer all sort of old school treats that are no longer served at regular DQ's. It was pretty sweet. I got a meal of a polish sausage in a bun, a drink, a bag of chips, and a sundae for $5! Sorry, no pics of this part of the trip. It was about a 7 hour drive to our first destination. Lots of farms, with cows and corn.
We were staying in Huron, SD and there saw the world's largest pheasant! (I love these "world's largest" things. They're so kitschy and retro and fun.) This is my bad picture from the car on the way to De Smet.
The next day was all Laura Ingalls, all the time. It was AWESOME! De Smet is pretty small, so it's really easy to get around to see the different sites. I had a really tasty donut at a place called Ward's Bakery. The town has all these signs related to Laura Ingalls stuff and being the Little Town on the Prairie.
( Super picture-heavy and rather long )
We met a super friendly cat outside the house who seemed to want to come with us on our trip, but was more interested in being petted than getting its picture taken.
So that was the first leg of the trip. I know the Dakotas sort of get a bad rap for being boring and not having anything interesting in them, but I like the wide open spaces and the friendly small towns. I think they're a great example of small town America (in my humble Canadian opinion). De Smet is a great place to visit if you have any interest in the Ingalls. :)
We were staying in Huron, SD and there saw the world's largest pheasant! (I love these "world's largest" things. They're so kitschy and retro and fun.) This is my bad picture from the car on the way to De Smet.
The next day was all Laura Ingalls, all the time. It was AWESOME! De Smet is pretty small, so it's really easy to get around to see the different sites. I had a really tasty donut at a place called Ward's Bakery. The town has all these signs related to Laura Ingalls stuff and being the Little Town on the Prairie.
( Super picture-heavy and rather long )
We met a super friendly cat outside the house who seemed to want to come with us on our trip, but was more interested in being petted than getting its picture taken.
So that was the first leg of the trip. I know the Dakotas sort of get a bad rap for being boring and not having anything interesting in them, but I like the wide open spaces and the friendly small towns. I think they're a great example of small town America (in my humble Canadian opinion). De Smet is a great place to visit if you have any interest in the Ingalls. :)
