Geauga County Fair

The kids at the Geauga County Fair.

Trip to NY - August 10'

Some of my favorites from the most recent trip to NY.

Longaberger Basket Factory

SPAM Museum

We arrived at the Spam Museum late in the afternoon, and it was a lot of fun for our last stop of the trip. We first watched the video and then used all the hands on exhibits throughout the Museum. Cathy and the boys took the Spam Quiz and Cathy won 6 to 5.

Mitchell Corn Palace

Mitchell, South Dakota was our first stop of the day, to visit “The Corn Palace”. We arrived shortly after 10am and started our visit with a 15 minute video on the history of the Palace. All the murals on the outside of the building are changed every year while the ones inside never change but the corn is replaced every 10-12 years as the colors fade. They use about 12 varieties of colored corn for the murals and the cobs are sawed in half and nailed to the boards that the murals are on.

Wall Drug

Our next stop was in Wall, South Dakota. We arrived, did some shopping, and had dinner. This is an interesting place with lots for the kids to do. They have an arcade where the boys did some shooting and played some video games. This started as a small drug store and grew over the years to cover about half the downtown section of Wall and has become a major tourist attraction.

Devil's Tower

Today we drove to the “Devils Tower” in Wyoming. They have a really nice picnic area there so we stopped there first and had our lunch. After eating we drove up to the tower and checked out the visitor’s center. We then took the 1 ½ mile walk around the base of the tower. Today there were a few people climbing up the base of the tower but no one was climbing the sheer face. You have to have a permit and be an experienced climber to go above the base. While here we saw a ton of motorcycles. The town of Sturgis has a rally every year and the 2010 one is coming up this week.