Corn Palace and Spyglass Coffee

One of the places we visited on our way through South Dakota was the Corn Palace in Mitchell, SD.  For years each year the town would build this structure from the ground up, all out of corn.  Unfortunately these structures were magnets for fire, lightening, cigarettes, and would go up in a ball of flame on a regualr basis.  I don't know what the underlying structure is, but they change murals, still all made out of corn, every year.  For some reason the theme has changed from honoring the Native American culture to focusing on the American culture in general... rather sad, really. 

Right now we're sitting in a coffee shop taking advantage of their free wireless and great croissants.  I think we're all probably catching up on our blogs.  Soon my friend KJERSTI NILSSEN from junior high years is going to meet us and take us on a bike ride and to lunch.  Can't wait to see a blast from the past!