Day 7: Davenport, Iowa to Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Day 7: Davenport, Iowa to Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Tiffany made us breakfast! French toast! Eggs! Sausage! Which made up for Maryanne learning that Helen had lost her brand-new hat the night before at Boosies.

On the way to work, Tiffany directed us to Walmart so we could hopefully get the missing third tire – but Maryanne snob-mobile only takes select tires and none were in stock. Feeling pissed off and reckless with her now-negative budget, Maryanne bought $150 GPS and simultaneously outsourced Helen: the navigator. Helen has been laid off before so this was not a new thing to her life. She now writes blog entries – sows bags for Christmas gifts and sings loudly.

With TomTom, which is the brand and name, on the dashboard, getting out of Davenport and on the road has been a breeze. TomTom even helped us find a local café in DesMoises, IA called The Great Midwestern Café. Helen was able to flirt down 50% discount using her fake southern draw and a great sob story. We had homemade potato soup, a huge fresh turkey sandwich, two bags of chips and a drink for $7. (The chips are currently on reserve of less privileged times ahead). This meal should of cost 14$. TomTom did make a mistake later on leading us to a park to run in. The Lewis and Clack park in Lewis, Nebraska is not really a recreational park – but an industrial park. It smelled very bad and Maryanne was chased by 6 mutant deer. This is why she is going into environmental law.

Enjoy the video that captures what we saw all day!



We listened to the Presidential debate on the radio. Quote: "We can work on nuclear power plants. Build a whole bunch of them.” How much is a "whole bunch" McCain? The Obama sticker has another week..again. Good job!

Then we arrived in Sioux Falls, SD. Here we met our couch surfing host for the evening – Wade. We watched the second half of the Presidential debate then headed out for an evening of 2fers at Tinners. Our host and his roommate, Evan (who loves Britney Spears!) had spent their entire summer in Tanzania and it was exciting to hear about their travels. We normally bring out hosts a gift when we stay with them – but we forgot because we were listening to the debate on the radio. This made us feel very guilty – so we bought beer instead and put us way over budget.

This is okay because Helen is selling things on Ebay and was able to finance their beer on her PayPal account. After we were out – we went to check out the falls that the town was named after. It was dark and looking at the falls when there was no light may have seemed like a good idea at the time, but it was just very cold.

SO:
1) Obama won the debate!
2) We saw the college of Sioux Falls!
3) We enjoyed beer at Tinners!
4) We heard (and sorta saw) the falls!
Welcome to South Dakota!