H.ermosa, SD

This morning we left Hazen Bay about 11AM. We are on our way to SW NE for our bi annual Wheeler family reunion. We traveled south on US 49 past the Freedom coal mine north of Beulah and the Westmorland mine south of Beulah nestled among the rolling farm and pasture land. The barley and wheat fields are starting to turn to a golden color as they ripen. Nearing Glen Ulin there was noticeably less farm land and more pasture land and thousands of bales of newly baled prairie hay. Rolling on past Elgin and on ino South Dakota it was through the vast rolling prairie pastures filled with sleek fat mostly black cows and calves. At Faith SD we turned west on US 212 to Newel SD where we turned south on US 79 and suddenly were back in more populated farming country after traveling nearly 160 miles and seeing nothing but cattle and pasture. We stopped in Sturgis for a quick bite to eat and then it was on south on 79 to the Heartland RV park at Hermosa for the night. At Sturgis it was 95 degree's when we got out of the motor home for something to eat, that is 10 degree's warmer than we have seen at Hazen Bay this summer and 30 degree's warmer than we were earlier in the week. I am sure we will adjust as it will be very warm in NE for the next week. Unlike most years when the country side would be turning brown at this time of year it was green and lush all the way due to more rain than usual.