There was a restaurant between our hotel and the next hotel, so we walked over there for dinner when we first arrived in Sioux Falls. It was easy, so we went there again for breakfast. Aleshia asked for pancakes and fresh fruit. The waitress had a blank look, so Karin asked her what types of fresh fruit they had. She said, "Blueberries and strawberries," so Karin asked for a combination of both. The waitress said they were compotes and could not be combined. Karin tried again for "fresh" fruit and we ended up with canned peaches, which the waitress still thought was "fresh" fruit. We thought maybe "fresh" was difficult to get in Sioux Falls and let it go. Five miles away, we were enjoying the Sertoma Butterfly House on the South side of town and what do we see? Bowls of FRESH FRUIT for the butterflies to munch on. Too funny!

Somehow we never took pictures on this day
of our Girls Only Road Trip! <gasp> This is the only day we did not take any side trips, which
may account for the lack of photographs. We started the day in Coralville, IA, and had
intended to have lunch with a friend in Peoria,
IL, but freeway construction did not cooperate. The most entertaining notes in Karin's journal are about Aleshia's antics. Aleshia picked out an
outfit consisting of a heavy pink sweater and leggings. It was quite warm and she was
sweating, but refused to change clothes. So
Karin whipped off the sweater and Aleshia rode topless through most of rural Illinois with an ice bucket on her head! We ate dinner in Hilliard, OH, and ended the day at The Schneider's very lovely home outside Columbus, OH.