A day at the Falls

We stayed in Sioux Falls for a second day today. It was nice to relax and take a much needed break from driving the 8,000,000 or so miles from Kansas city to here. Ok, so it may not have been that many miles, but it sure felt like it. The highway to this place ranks as one of the most boring in the known universe. People have been known to fall asleep and wake up 90 miles later still on the same road. I spoke with several truckers that confirmed that story and one that said that this was his preferred method of driving. I tried to stay awake, and found that the falling asleep method was probably much easier and made the trip much faster.
Once in Sioux Falls, we quickly bedded down in our new home and found it quite nice. The rooms were quite well appointed and they had ceilings that were about 15 feet tall. The staff was friendly and did not laugh at us for wearing shorts and a t-shirt in 40 degree weather. We were quite comfortable. The people in the city were quite nice. They all wave and smile, something that we are not used to. At first we thought that perhaps they spike the water around here, but after further investigation, we decided that it is that they are just really friendly sorts.On the second day we decided to go visit the falls from which the town gets its name. When we arrived, we were quite impressed with the scene. The falls fall over pink quartzite. This is the second hardest mineral know next to a diamond. After telling Dianne this, she quickly started collecting loose rocks and talking about how I was, soooooooo gone..... She then tripped over one and concurred that they were very hard rocks. After explaining that the rocks were not worth anything unless they were called diamonds and she could make someone believe it, she threw the rocks back and stomped off in a huff muttering something about stupid pink rocks.