Saturday July 16
Sat July 16 we head to Sioux Falls, SD. It is only a 4.5 hour ride and I’ve done the research to find some cool things to do tonight- dinner and light/laser show at the falls. Lexi is very helpful packing up the camper and we are off early. We make a quick stop at the Badlands Visitor’s Center so I can run in for a few postcards. Lexi started to complain of a headache at this time. Her headache got much worse and she was crying in pain. Her head hurts above her left eye. We give her some Tylenol and then some zyrtec that we have in the truck. Her nose is running a lot and we think it might be allergies. But none of this medicine helps and she is still in pain. We finally stop to get her some Excedrin, hoping that she will stop crying. At this point, her chest and throat start to hurt so I have her take her inhaler. She immediately vomits. There is no place to pull off the road but Scott pulls over enough so I can get out and assist her. I am horrified that I have to do this but get through it somehow.
Lexi feels somewhat better after she gets sick but the head is still throbbing. I call our doctor’s office and speak to a nurse who advises us to have her seen. There go our evening plans! By this point, Lexi is so exhausted from crying and not feeling well that she finally goes to sleep. I have spent most of the 4 hours driving so far without a seat belt turned around to help Lexi. It is a relief to have her feel better. We pull into the KOA at Sioux Falls and unhook. It is hot and humid- mid 90’s but the humidity immediately makes us sweat. Lexi stays in the AC of the truck until we unhook and get the AC running in the camper. I asked at check in for directions to a clinic and we head out to the Sanford Urgent Care. No lines, no waiting and we are out pretty quickly. They believe she had a tension headache or a migraine. She did a sinus x-ray to rule out a sinus infection. The right side of her body falling asleep probably was a result of hyperventilating and she needs to calm herself down sooner. She is feeling better at this point and even hungry.
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| Laser show at Sioux Falls! |
We head to Granite City Food and Brewery, which I had found online. We had an incredible meal there and Scott some beer. I had a chicken brushetta salad and it was great. It came with some bread that had a Caesar salad dressing and parmesan cheese melted – delicious. The food was great and we complimented the waitress. Of all the brewpubs we had visited on the trip, this was by far the superior place. It reminded me a lot of Sebago Brewing Company and their style. On the way back to the camper, I found signs pointing to Falls Park and followed them to Sioux Falls. I had read that the falls have a light/laser show each night during the summer. It was after 9pm and I didn’t know when they started the show but we headed to the falls. The falls themselves were very small (compared to some we’d seen in Yellowstone and along our travels) but they were pretty. We found a place close to the falls and sat.
The light show began by showing colors on the falls and we soon realized we were too close to the falls to see the laser show. We moved back quite a bit so we could see the laser show displayed on the building. The show told the story of the development of Sioux Falls and was quite interesting. Of course Isabella didn’t find it exciting at all and wanted to leave. The bugs were biting and we eventually headed to the rear of the park to view the remainder of the show and be ready to leave as soon as it was done.
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