Maiden Voyage July 15, 2020

 The girls have been getting on me about never posting photos or videos of our year of RV travel, now I am so far behind, we will see if I can catch up.  After Paul retired we first visited family and took our niece, Makenna on our "maiden voyage" trip to some of the Little House sites.  Our first stop was DeSmet, SD.  At first we were disappointed that the annual festival was cancelled and wasn't going to be happening when we were there, but it actually turned out to be a wonderful experience with it not being as crowded we were able to enjoy all the hands on activities without waiting in line as much.  

The girls are ready for the beginning of the year long RV trip.

The claim shanty.

The girls inside the claim shanty.

A replica of a dugout similar to the one Ingalls would have lived in.

The water pump still works and the kids all had a drink from it.

Ry & Mak taking a turn at driving the wagon.

Grinding some grain.

Practicing some preaching skills at the church.

There were 2 litters of new kittens in the barns on the property.  The girls spent most of their time washing linens and playing with the kittens.

Makenna & Rylie thought this was so fun that they both claimed they would do laundry everyday if this was the way laundry was still done.  LOL!