SOUTH DAKOTA

BY JOHN MASTALIR jmastalir@yahoo.com

THE TREASURES ON THIS EARTH IN THIS BRIEF LIFETIME JUST ENORMUS !

8 DAYS TO SOUTH DAKOTA FOR JANETS MOTHERS 83RD BIRTHDAY

2 NEPHEWS 1 NIECE IN CANTON....COULD NOT ALL KIDS BE LIKE THESE WITH THESE PARENTS

NORMAN ROCKWELL ORIGINAL PAINTINGS IN SOUTH FALLS...17 ORIGINALS ALONG WITH PRINTS AND AN ADDITIONAL PROGRAM....WHAT DO YOU THINK THESE ARE WORTH ?

2 GREAT IMAX SHOWS ON EVEREST AND CORAL REEFS AND AN OPENING DAY RECEPTION FOR SOUTH DAKOTA VIET NAM VETERANS IN GREAT DOWNTOWN MUSEUM...I GUESS NEBRASKA VIET NAM VETERANS LIKE ME WERE CLOSE ENOUGHT...LOVELY MUSEUM EXHIBITS

400 MILE TRIP TO THE STATE CAPITOL IN PIERRE....SOUTH DAKOTA STATEHOOD 1889...SITTING BULLS GRAVE (ALLEGEDLY) MOBRIDGE...LAWRENCE WELKS HOME 13 MILES INTO NORTH DAKOTA IN STRASBURG...IT WAS SNOWED IN...HE NEVER CAME BACK...DINNER IN IPSWICH IN HISTORIC BAR-BUFFET-MUSEUM-COMMUNITY CENTER. WE GOT AN ALZHIEMERS TALK AND PICTURES ON THE WALL OF 76 HORSES MOVING A HOUSE IN 1896....WHERE COULD YOU SEE THIS AND ALL IN ONE DAY.

TODAY MOM COOKED HER OWN BIRTHDAY MEAL AT 83...SHE STILL HAS THE TOUCH

360 MILES TO THE AIRPORT IN OMAHA AND DUCK AND DUMPLINGS AT THE BOHEMIAN CAFE.

I AM REALLY GLAD I LIVED THIS LONG AND I AM NOT DONE YET

BOTANICAL GARDENS VISIT ON THE TRIP TO THE AIRPORT TOMORROW MORNING...

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