Pipestone

On our final leg of the trip, as we headed east form Rapid City SD, edging our way towards Minneapolis. We had decided to break the long drive to Minneapolis by making a stopover in Pipestone MN, famous apparently for being the centre of Indian peace pipe making! This activity is still carried out from the red stone quarried locally. In fact there is a National Memorial site in Pipestone. Predictably, it was another wet start, middle, and end of the days journey along I90E and I24 N. We made a couple of brief, obligatory, stops for coffee etc. but the drive was largely grey, through a vast acreage of prairie land (which was very green!). We also lost an hour moving back into the Central time zone. We arrived at 3:00pm. and the desk clerk informed me that a biscuits and would be available for breakfast. I was relieved that toast was an alternative! The rain throttled up again as we drove down to Main Street and parked up. The town has seen better days and the historic Calumet Inn (originally a bank) certainly had. Apparently its haunted, but not by many discerning tourists!! We had a coffee in its coffee shop and then crossed Main Street to have dinner at a newly opened bar and restaurant, a wise decision.

And today's musical note? "California  Sun"! (Already planning for 2019!!)