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Thursday, August 5, 2021

Day 40- South Dakota






 Day 40- wow-  40 days on the road.  Today was the first one I shared with anyone.  My dad thankfully was able to drive for a little over a hour combined. I was eternally grateful for the help on the road.  Roughly 8300 miles in leaving Minnesota, so I was ready for some help.




Our final stop for today was Aberdeen, South Dakota.  I wasn't expecting much, because, it's South Dakota after all, but I was pleasantly surprised by a very nice downtown area.  Clearly small town- but well maintained and still beautiful. My dad and I parked at the rear of a beautiful court house.  You can nearly always count on small towns to provide a beautiful court house.  From there I could see another beautiful building I wanted to walk to.  As we drew closer a thing of beauty emerged from behind the low lying buildings.  1st Methodist Church of Aberdeen is breath-taking.  The top of the building circular encompassed in circular glass window below the dome. We proceeded to walk through down town and saw a very busy restaurant and decided it was worth the risk- even if just for the beer.  I'm glad we stopped.  Three22 Kitchen & Cocktails was a great find.  Pretty good tap list with local options and good food choices.  Dad got a soup/sandwich combo and I got The SoDak chunks of sirloin cooked to mid-rare perfection and lightly fried with house seasoning with onion straws and 2 sauce options I am a happy camper. 

We walked through the rest of downtown- found an option or 2 for breakfast tomorrow before returning back to our hotel for the night to watch baseball.  The Twins are on. 


Hotel Review: Best Western Ramkota Aberdeen

Pros: Free Parking, Free Wifi, 2 Bed, Mini-fridge, Microwave, Coffee Maker, Bathtub I fit in (I'm 5'10), clean, courtyard, attached restaurant, room service available (we didn't use), pool (I didn't use), free breakfast(didn't access)

Cons: 1st floor unit, outside of downtown

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