Day 13--Little House on the Prairie

The Corn Palace

Is that Erin or Laura?

This morning we decided to try and find some more wildlife before we left the Badlands. We only managed to see some big horn sheep, but that was fun. We then drove to Mitchell, South Dakota—home of the famous Corn Palace. What is the Corn Palace? It is a place that decorates the outside each year with ears of corn. It actually is amazing to see how they do it. We reached the Ingalls Homestead by early evening. We started with a wagon ride to “school”. We were met at the schoolhouse by our teacher. She dressed the kids up in “pioneer clothes” and then told us all about how school was during Laura Ingalls’ time. The kids got to participate in a little spelling bee and ring the school bell on their way out. We have free reign all over the homestead where the kids ran from barn to barn across the prairie. The best part of the adventure was spending the night in a covered wagon!