Weekend in Pierre

Sorry about the light (or non-existent posting) over the weekend. I published a few comments, but that was about it. My family and I spent the weekend in Pierre (the capital of South Dakota, for you out-of-staters), and there was lots to d.

Besides being busy seeing all the sites, I was supposed to have a "high speed" internet connection in our hotel, but it was about as slow as dialup for some reason, so I didn't spend much time online.

I'm posting just a handful of pics from this weekend. One is my wife and children by bronze statue of a soldier in Vietnam that was near the lake by the capitol building. Another is of the Korean and Vietnam veterans memorial nearby. Another is from a boat tour we took last night down the Missouri River, retracing some of the steps of the Lewis and Clark Expedition a little over 200 years ago (my daughter is helping demonstrate life vest useage). And one of my kids in front of the capitol building (my son was not a happy camper at that point--he'd had enough of the 100 degree heat).

I took tons more pics, and we saw many more things, but you get the idea. We try to make many of our family outings educational as well as fun, and this trip had lots of both.

I'd highly recommend a visit of a day or two to Pierre if you haven't had the opportunity to check it out.