7/21/2010-------Badlands, So Dakota

We have arrived in So. Dakota.  We are about a half hour from the Badlands.  Today we stopped in Mitchell, SD to see the Corn Palace.  It is a fun place to see.  It is a big palace that is all decorated with corn cobs..  The whole exterior of the building is done in pictures which are made up of 12 different colors and various sizes of corn cobs.  The corn cobs are farmed right in Mitchell and the corn cob design is changed every fall.  They put up black tar paper on the exterior of the building and draw the designs and the colors of the cobs they will be using for each picture.  It is like a huge paint by number.  After they draw it all out they begin to staple each corn cob by color needed to produce the picture.  Each year it is done in a different theme.  I could post a picture but it just doesn't do it justice.  We couldn't believe how much time and work it to to do the whole building (which is quite large).  It is all done by hand too. 

Tomorrow we are heading to the Minuteman Missile site.  I will tell you all about it tomorrow.  We will also be travelling through the Badlands and hope to take lots of pictures.  And going to Wall to see the oldest drug store.   Tomorrow should be a fun day.  Hopefully will have lots to post tomorrow.