August 12th we left Missouri and entered Iowa around noon. Temperatures are running in the high 90s and the humidity is worse than Florida I swear!! Diesel prices have been $2.84 to $2.89 per gallon which has been a pleasant surprise - and fortunate as we are averaging 10 MPG. Parts of Iowa have been flooding and we can see evidence of that along the road. There are acres and acres of soybeans as far as we can see. The land here is flat and you can see for miles in every direction.
Finally reached So Dakota at 3:45 central time. Stopped in Salem SD at one of the prettiest, cleanest RV parks we have ever seen. Temps are in the high 80's. Starting to see a lot of motorcycles as some are leaving Sturgis. After calling a number of campsites near Mt Rushmore it is obvious that there won't be openings until after the Sturgis Rally so we stayed a second night in Salem. We visited a Prairie Village which consists of buildings restored from the late 1800's. It was one of the best I've seen.
One thing we learned there is that early settlers had to build homes from sod because there were no trees. As we drove across the entire middle of the state we saw very few trees even today. So Dakota until you reach the farthest west part, has the flattest landscape we have ever seen. (see picture)
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