south dakota 6-b

when we realized we were getting hungry, we headed back to the car and on over to hill city, deciding we would simply muscle everyone aside if there were a line. as it turned out there was only one person ahead of us and we got seated immediately.

as i said, for lunch the alpine inn actually has a menu and we enjoyed perusing all the gourmet options. we each chose a different sandwich and when our meal arrived, we sliced our sandwiches in thirds and traded so we could taste what the others had gotten. everything was yummy! it's definitely a DON'T MISS place!

afterwards we headed into the shop next door which i can only describe as a mystical head shop/candles and placemats/gifty things store which opens onto a little museum. quirky concept but worked for me. the museum had some beautiful rocks in it and interesting history/geologic/dinosaur information.

on our way home we passed by pactola lake and i just had to get some pictures. man, has it changed!!! the lake level was waaaaaaay down...







when we got back to pat's we enjoyed a nice supper, then retired.