South Sioux City

We survived our first night camping and are currently experiencing our second. True to the spirit of Lewis and Clark, we are camping right on the banks of the Missouri River. It seems strange to be sitting at a picnic table working on a computer. Even stranger, Joe was so excited when he learned that the campground had WiFi that he started working on the computer before he removed his bike helmet.

While the Tour de Café offered many options and we chose the Onawa Café, in Onawa Iowa. It provided a fantastic breakfast served by a small elderly waitress. Despite her age and size she moved faster than a track sprinter. She moved so fast that we could not get a picture. We did have another stop, but not at a café. This one was at a Dairy Queen in town of Sergeant Bluff.

Our ride was easy until we entered Sioux City, Iowa and had to cross town to get to our camp ground in S. Sioux City, Nebraska. You could say that we are having a one-night-stand in Nebraska because this is our first and last night in this state. Just before crossing the Missouri River to get to our campground we stopped at the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center and met the director and some of his staff. They asked if we had a blog and, of course, we obliged. Next we went to the Sergeant Floyd River Museum and Welcome Center. This facility is in the Sergeant Floyd Steam boat that operated on the Missouri River from 1932 until 1978. In case you don’t know, Sergeant Floyd was a highly respected member of the expedition and the only member to die on the trip. He was buried in what became Sioux City.

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