Little House On What Used To Be Prairie

We have purchased a home in Sioux Falls! We will name it "Little House".....as in Little House on what used to be prarie.
Little House is only a block and a half from USF where our youngest son will be going to school. So, we have a house in Sioux Falls and we are not even there yet! The U-Haul pulls out of Virginia on July 11th..and several days later the Russo caravan hopes to pull into town.

Thee Most Perfect Day In The World

Wednesday, June 8, in Sioux Falls was the most perfect day in the World. 70 degrees, blue skies, with a fresh breeze blowing out at Wall Lake. We inhaled great gulps of clean cool air off the lake. The park was a perfect picture of bright green grass and blue water. I will never forget it!  

Black Bird With Bright Yellow Throat

Here we are in Sioux Falls, looking around, trying to buy a little house on the prairie. We brought the hot weather with us from Virginia. I took my wife out to eat....at Hy-Vee! Don't chuckle. What a deal. Great Chinese dinner for under 6 bucks. We couldn't finish it. Great taste. Great Service. Friendly smiles. We drove out West of SF to get in the country and wound up in Parker, SD. What a wonderful little town. Outside of town by the side of the road, my wife spotted a medium-sized black bird with a bright yellow throat. We had never seen such a creature. What was it? Then a few miles on, we spied a small striped gopher or prairie dog scurrying into the high grass by the side of the road.
Back into Sioux Falls, locating storage facilities, U-haul places, and job connections.

Light At End Of Tunnel

We have our house in Virginia rented to begin July 15th, so we have to be cleared out and on our way to South Dakota before then. This is a good thing. It stablizes this end of our challenges. We now have only the other end - the Sioux Falls end - to stablize. We have another exploratory/house hunting trip to Sioux Falls coming up. Trying to set up face-to-face job interviews while I'm there since trying to get hired from 16-hundred miles away over the internet is like trying to hit a bulls eye blindfolded. I may be wrong but it appears I will have to be on the ground in Sioux Falls, already settled, before I snag a job. Any insider tips on the job market will be greatly appreciated.
See you in Sioux Falls before July 15th!