Day 1 & 2: Travel Days!

We might be going crazy from the packed van...

We made it to the reservation!  Days one and two have been filled with a lot of traveling, filled with naps in awkward positions, cramped legs, a Jolly Green Giant, The world's only Corn Palace, Indian Tacos, a stop at the Akta Lakota Museum at St. Joseph's Mission School in Mitchel SD, and so much more.  The first day we logged 13 hours in the van and stayed the night at the Comfort Inn in Souix Falls, SD.  Today we left the hotel at 8:30 and stopped every couple of hours for sight seeing and food.  Finally at about 5:30 we made it to our final destination on the reservation!  There is so much land here with rolling hills in every direction.  The scenery is beautiful.  It is definitely going to be difficult to leave. There are only 5 guys on the trip and we filled our down time throwing the frisbee and tossing the baseball around- we just needed to soak up the time  outside of the van.  Spirits are high and it will be a fun first night!  The last hour of the drive we watched a storm roll in on the horizon...such a cool sight.  My bags are unpacked, bed is made, groceries purchased, and pics are uploaded/being uploaded.

   

All us men on the tractor...

Tomorrow we get to meet our mentor teachers and Dr. Roger Bordeaux- superintendent of schools here in Mission, SD.  If you have any questions about my trip so far or want to see any other pics email me at collin.mcgran@hope.edu.  I'd love to answer any questions I can.

This is Hope's 23rd year spending May on the reservation!  Professor Cherup has been on the trip every year!  And this is Professor Piers' 7th!  There are some pretty sweet people on this trip too, we have grown pretty close rather quickly- two days in the van will do that...

Thanks for checking in and please feel free to contact me!
Blessing from the Res.

...and on the bank of the Missouri River 

The Worlds Only Corn Palace

We found a Jolly Green Giant on
our stop in Blue Earth, MN

Side view of The Corn Palace...

The newly renovated Akta Lakota Museum.

Our Dorm for the next weeks

Yes...it's all made out of corn...
and it's as exciting as it sounds..

The mighty Missouri River from
St. Joseph's Mission School

...and a rainbow.  It is their first rain
in over a year.

We brought the rain with us...

Bill & may humble abode for the coming weeks!