2022 Trip To South Dakota

Post by **JEBar** » Fri Jun 03, 2022 9:49 pm

our journey to Estelline is over .... today we covered 332.6 miles in 5 hr 26 min .... an unexpected 40 mile detour was the major bummer .... all together we've covered 1,681.5 miles in 28 hrs 52 min driving time .... during that time we averaged 58.2 mph which ain't too bad .... much of our standard setup has been completed, the rest will be taken care of tomorrow .... hopefully will have some pictures to post

Post by **BigAl52** » Fri Jun 03, 2022 11:22 pm

Glad you made it safe and sound. Hope you enjoy the time spent in Dacotah

Post by **JEBar** » Sat Jun 04, 2022 10:05 am

good wishes appreciated .... rain moved through sometime during our first night of this stay in Estelline .... I heard very light rain around 5AM but slept through the rest .... no more rain forecasted for today but its supposed to be pretty wet around here tomorrow .... so, outdoor site setup will be paused until Monday ....

Post by **JEBar** » Sun Jun 05, 2022 11:42 am

we awoke to a beautiful, typically windy morning in East Central South Dakota .... rain is supposed to be on the way .... per the written forecast rain is on the way .... per the weather radar, the front should fizzle out and go south of us .... one of Maureen's brothers, his wife and one of their granddaughters came by for breakfast .... if the rain holds off we hope to finish our site setup today

Post by **Shakey Jake** » Sun Jun 05, 2022 12:18 pm

Enjoy your stay! Glad you made it safe.
Jake

Post by **brm4450** » Sun Jun 05, 2022 7:09 pm

Welcome to Dacotah

Post by **JEBar** » Sun Jun 05, 2022 7:20 pm

Happy to be here ...

Post by **JEBar** » Mon Jun 06, 2022 11:53 am

yet another cloudy but nice morning in East Central South Dakota .... depending on the forecast you look at, rain is suppose to be on the way .... back home we know which sources tend to be the most accurate but out here we don't have a clue .... the Minnesota Twins has given the town of Estelline a grant to rebuild its baseball field .... work is underway, the infield is really looking good .... breakfast passed earlier this morning, depending on if the rain comes or not, we may smoke some chicken this afternoon

Post by **JEBar** » Wed Jun 08, 2022 10:59 pm

talk about a beautiful day, this has most certainly been one .... after completing our setup we fired up our Davy Crockett smoker this morning and smoked a section of port tenderloin and some baking potatoes .... tomorrow evening we will slice the loin into some chops and prepare the taters as twice baked .... with the price of diesel, we are making a strong effort to maximize what gets done each time we crank our truck .... example: we left camp a 3:30PM and drove 20 some miles to Walmart in Brookings to drop off a prescription, then to the local Culver's for a burger, on to a community park to watch a 8 year old niece play coach pitch softball, from there back to Walmart to pickup the meds and grocery shop, from there back to the camper where we are settled in for the evening