We wake in Peoria and decide to try to make it to Rapid City South Dakota where we can stay for 2 nights. It’s a bit of a trek so we plan a lunch stop in Fairmont, MN. Papa pilot has family roots in Fairmont and has visited there many times. The airport is small, with decent fuel prices and the golden egg of courtesy cars, an old police cruiser! We’re the only ones their it seems, but there is a line guy on staff. It is cold. We load up the plane-kids in the car and drive out to lunch on a small lake at the marina lodge. We sit outside although it’s borderline too cold for it. Lunch was average but just enough to fill us up.
After lunch we drive over to the town cemetery to pay our respects to our family members.
We don’t want to stay too long as we still want to make it to Rapid City for the night and not have to dodge too many thunderstorms!
