August 31, 2014
Today was cloudy early with strong thunderstorms and heavy rain this afternoon. The temperature never
got out of the 50's today. At 4:00 this afternoon when we walked
Scout after the storm had gone through it was 55. Tonight we have
the heat on again.
We went to the contemporary service at
First UMC in Rapid City this morning. We enjoyed the service and
found the people to by very friendly and welcoming. Today's sermon was part of their summer series entitled "Posts, Tweets and Selfies from Our Journey with Jesus." We visited with
the senior pastor, Greg Kroger, after the service for a while and
enjoyed that time as well.
After services we went to Rapid City
Historic District to walk the area of the City of Presidents. In
1998 a local resident envisioned The City of Presidents in Rapid
City, in which a life sized bronze statue of each US president would
be placed on each corner of downtown Rapid City. The project was
completed in 2010. Each of the sculptures was privately funded, and
the pattern of placement was chosen to eliminate any sense of
favoritism or political gain. We didn't go see them all but did go
see Theodore Roosevelt since we saw the performance a few days ago,
then just walked several blocks seeing a sampling of the sculptures and looking for ones of special significance.
It was a nice day for this walk downtown but the sky was beginning to look worse so we headed back to the truck and lunch.
It was Sunday afternoon so that called for a little nap and some reading while the storms went through. We also worked on some route planning for the trip to Branson.
John F. Kennedy holds a special place in the minds of the men and women of the US Army Special Forces since he is the president who authorized the green beret as their official headgear. As a result, the US Army Special Warfare Center and School bears his name.
It was a nice day for this walk downtown but the sky was beginning to look worse so we headed back to the truck and lunch.
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| Art Alley is a place downtown where artists are allowed to express themselves. |
It was Sunday afternoon so that called for a little nap and some reading while the storms went through. We also worked on some route planning for the trip to Branson.
That's about it for today. Tomorrow we
plan to do a little more work around the camp. Hope everyone has a
safe holiday tomorrow.
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