Murdo, SD

Yesterday morning we left Hazen Bay for a week away from our camp host duties. We will spend the week back home in the Imperial, NE area visiting friends, relatives and a memorial service for my Aunt & Uncle that lived in Louisville, KY. Since we are ones that like to take new routes after arriving at Mandan, ND we turned south on ND 1806 traveling along the west side of the Missouri river. For a while the bluffs reminded us of the badlands. After entering the Standing Rock Indian Reservation we traveled through the rolling green grass lands filled with many herds of cattle. After entering South Dakota we turned east on US 12 crossing the Missouri river and Lake Oahe. Nearing Mobridge, SD we entered into the farming area covered with fields of ripe wheat, green corn & sunflowers. After turning south on US83 we began seeing the large combines harvesting the fields of wheat. At Pierre, SD we crossed back over the Missouri river and were back in the grass lands. We stopped at Murdo, SD for the night. The temp was 98 degree's and still was at 88 degree's when we went to bed at 11 PM. It is 75 this morning as I write this and it looks like it will be over 100 when we arrive in Imperial this afternoon.