Day 9
What a mess of a day. The rains came. We had planned on a day of hiking. Apparently out this way they have had an unusual amount of rainfall. Today was no exception. We heard the rain come in overnight and it was still there in the morning. At 11am the camp workers were putting on a face painting for the kids. We went to that since it was inside and Grant got a monster truck and Alex got an assortment of lady bugs and flowers down her arm. The weather in South Dakota can change fairly quickly so we decided to drive out near Rapid City to see if we could go to the local petting zoo would be open. We stopped for lunch in Hill city and continued on. The weather did not cooperate. Lightning and heavy rains put any designs we had on any outdoor activity to bed. Instead we headed back to the trailer and by the time we got back, the rain had stopped. We decided to light a campfire. Amy cooked a wonderful supper while we hung around by the campfire and just relaxed. Our nice neighbors from Minnesota gave us some nice dry firewood and we just relaxed and enjoyed the evening. Sometimes you need just such a thing.