2020 Trip To South Dakota

Post by **JEBar** » Thu Jul 02, 2020 8:58 am

Estelline's 6 site campground is booked solid for this weekend .... on one site will be a couple of my wife's relatives .... food planning is well underway ..

.. and will kick off tonight with a with a really nice BBQ ..

Post by **JEBar** » Thu Jul 02, 2020 11:52 pm

well, our 6 site campground is full (first two pictures) .... to kickoff the weekend we had four of Maureen's relatives over for a late evening meal .... Huli Huli Chicken ===> http://henryrifleforums.com/viewtopic.p ... li#p132068 ....corn on the cob .... stuffed Vidalia Onion ===> http://henryrifleforums.com/viewtopic.p ... on#p139981 .... John Wayne Toast ... to put it mildly, the meal was a hit ....

... the last picture shows the night lighting of our camper's flag

Post by **JEBar** » Sat Jul 04, 2020 9:54 am

we really enjoy the way small town America celebrates holidays like Independence Day .... family gatherings are central and where we are camped in east central South Dakota they are flourishing .... breakfast preparations are underway for a picnic outside our camper ..... the same is true for all of the other families camped with us today in Estelline, SD

Post by **JEBar** » Sat Jul 04, 2020 10:49 pm

we've had a very nice 4th, hope the same can be said by all of our folks .... Lake Poinsett is a few miles west of Estelline ===> https://www.lakepoinsett.org/ .... it does one's heart good to see the houses all around the lake flying Old Glory and decked out in Red, White, and Blue ..... the same was true for many boats .... fireworks have sounded on and off all day .... families picnicking in the park .... yep, a truly nice 4th indeed

Post by **The Wiz** » Sun Jul 05, 2020 10:57 am

Growing up in Sioux Falls,S.D.,the 4th was almost like Christmas. Having two fireworks companies (one blew up) in town was great! They would send out catalogs with their products about a month before and us kids would drool over what to get. We got to spend $5.00 each to buy Black Cats, Ladyfingers, etc. At 1950's,60's prices, that bought a lot. My stepdad ( may he rot in hell) would buy the display package and we would go out on some country road or out to Wall Lake and set them off. Of course, at that time, fireworks were legal so you were free to blow your self up. Ah good memories of throwing firecrackers at my buddies and they doing the same. Good, clean, not safe, fun.

Post by **JEBar** » Sun Jul 05, 2020 1:08 pm

following an good family breakfast, I'm getting ready to head to Brookings for an afternoon Trap shoot .... really looking forward to firing a hundred or more rounds ..

Post by **brm4450** » Mon Jul 06, 2020 5:20 pm

Hope your 4th was better than the people at Mina Lake, storm blew through: 5 pontoon boats were flipped over, a lot of peoples docks dunk or were blown away, campers at the campgrounds were tipped and a lot of trees snapped off. The etanol plant at Mina was damaged. And quite a few other boats were damaged.

Post by **JEBar** » Mon Jul 06, 2020 9:19 pm

we had a delightful day, hadn't heard about the bad storm .... South Dakota certainly has interesting weather

Post by **JEBar** » Tue Jul 07, 2020 10:57 am

we are starting to gear up for Sunday's annual gathering of Maureen's family that features a Frogmore Stew .... we've held this family event for over 10 years and its become a family favorite ... the pictures at the bottom of this page were taken 7 years ago ===> http://henryrifleforums.com/viewtopic.p ... ore#p48964 .... we are parked on Site 4 in Estelline's City Park Campground .... a water leak has surfaced on Site 3 (pictures below) .... should someone come to repair it, that should prove to be today's excitement ....

Post by **JEBar** » Wed Jul 08, 2020 9:43 am

as anticipated, the campground water leak was handled quickly .... as can be seen in the pictures below the leak was caused by the black pipe sliding back on the fitting .... in the third picture a thin stream of water can be seen coming from the black pipe, just above the fitting .... at first that mystified me .... how could it slide when buried ..

.. once I was told that the winter freezing and thawing it isn't unusual around here with pipes buried less than 6 feet deep .... we don't have that issue back home and the explanation made sense to me .....