SOUTH DAKOTA
Sioux Falls
This guy disputed my claim to the sidewalk. We agreed to disagree.
Chamberlain
The signs tell me I’m lost and confused. In truth, I turned down the dirt road unaware of what I’d find. As it turned out: a colorful pheasant, a little house on the prairie, and a desiccated watering hole.
ABOVE: Customized trash can, rest stop near Chamberlain, SD; Right: Sign delineating the “Seven Council Fires,” The Sioux Museum, Chamberlain, SD
BELOW: Rest stop landscapes, somewhere between Chamberlain and Rapid City, SD.
Rapid City
Lakota: Mni Lúzahaŋ Otȟúŋwahe: "Swift Water City"
“Gateway to the Black Hills;" “President City”
Population (2020): 74,703 (second largest city in South Dakota)