About Souix Falls  South Dakota

Falls Park is the city's historic birthplace. The Falls of the Big Sioux River are the most frequently photographed feature in the region. The popular park is also the most heavily visited site in the Sioux Falls area.

The almost mystical allure of the Falls has always been a powerful influence. This special place of natural beauty has been attracting visitors ever since the earliest prehistoric peoples occupied the great northern plains. Sioux Falls exists as a city today because the land speculators who staked town site claims here in 1857 came in search of the cascades, inspired by stories of their impressive beauty and power. 

The above text & photo courtesy of  The City of Sioux Falls

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Comments from Patricia

Hello to all,

This ride has my feet flying as I'm thinking about our dinner with the mayor last night and getting the key to the city of Mitchell.

This day was overcast so it kept us from getting hot. Mike said it was 108 last year when they were going through here so thank goodness the weather is behaving!

Coming into the city of Sioux Falls was no picnic--we forget about traffic when we are in the little towns.  We finally got to the motel and did a quick turn around as we had an interview with the local TV station KELO.

I was on that evening am the next day so that is always exciting.

Next day is our third rest day and everyone is ready for one so we spend quite a bit of the day catching up on our computer work etc.

We got a real boost today when we received a 25 cent per mile pledge from Bob and Mary Elliot--that's going to make my feet spin around fast--actually, every one of the contributions to the scholarship fund are so important--whatever the size as they are all contributing to our goal of making the scholarship fly into perpetuity so thank you to all!!

Love,

Patricia