South Dakota Here We Come!

It had been a few years since our last West trip, so the boys were itching to get back out there!  We headed to the great state of South Dakota for a little exploring.  At the end of our first day, we stopped in Sioux City, IA and saw the monument for Sgt. Floyd's grave.  He was the only man to die on the Lewis & Clark Expedition. 

We arrived at our hotel a little bit early after our second day of driving so we killed some time at Storybook Island and also did the Presidents Walk downtown Rapid City. 

I am the only one who enjoyed Storybook Island.  It's okay though...I just imagined that I still had enthusiastic preschoolers who enjoyed posing for pictures with all of the cute characters around the park.  The kids were kind enough to oblige for about 15 minutes or so.