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Sunday, July 31, 2011

De Smet, South Dakota

We spent a day in De Smet, South Dakota, to visit more Laura Ingalls sites!

Here I am in front of the surveyors house they stayed in that Laura called "a mansion". It was of course small and simple, but would have been quite a lot for them at the time!
(there seems to be some confusion, the first photo is not the surveyors house, just the second photo, it was very small.)

There was also a replica schoolhouse.

And before heading to the Homefront (best place ever, more on that later), we walked around town a bit.

Dress-Gift from Aunt

Sunglasses-Anthropologie

Seasteader Sneakers-courtesy of Modcloth

Kansas City

We spent a couple days in Kansas City, mostly hanging out with Mav and Nicholes friends...

...and visiting a Lewis and Clark statue.

A stop at the American Girl store was a must...

...and of course the fabulous Re-Runs Vintage...

Where I bought a fantastic sundress, and 40s hat.

Highly recommend if your ever in the area, they're super nice too!

And on our way out we found a covered bridge in Madison County. Pretty cute!

1st dress-Gift from my mother
2nd dress-Gift from my aunt
Shoes-Minnetonka
Sunglasses-Anthropologie

Monday, July 25, 2011

Day 7: Laura Ingalls Wilder House

Sunday we traveled to The Laura Ingalls Wilder House on our way to Kansas City.
(Saturday we mostly hung around the hotel with my aunt and uncle from Ohio, and did some thrifting, so no pictures to show)

Unfortunately there were no photos allowed inside. Too bad because her whole house was amazing. My favorite part was the kitchen.

...Although I may have taken slipped my shoe off for a moment and stepped barefoot on her beautiful linoleum floor...

...may have...

...we even got to hear her clock chime...

It was raining which made it extra special. The smell of warm summer rain on Laura's land was heavenly.

We also visited her gravesite, where a little girl had left a love note for Almanzo.

If you ever get a change to make it over there, do so, they have lots of her belongings on display in the museum, and the house Laura and Almanzo built together is a dream, preserved just how she lived in it.

Dress-Handmade by me

Shoes-Minnetonka Moccasains

Friday, July 22, 2011

Day 5: The Ozarks

Today we spent our day in Arkansas, and wading and swimming in Table Rock lake. Ruth and I both got Minnetonka Moccasins at a touristy type shop so we've been wearing them all the time :)

In the afternoon we headed up to The Crescent Hotel, which is an attraction for weddings and ghost hunters.

We saw so many pretty butterflies...

...I even coaxed one on my hand!

(and before anyone asks, thats a birthmark on my arm)

They had a sweet picture and poem about the hotel kitty who had passed on...

...and the current kitties had their own little kitty door and steps! I loved this guys dramatic whiskers.

We also walked through Eureka Springs, which could best be described as a mini San Francisco. In Arkansas. They had cool victorian houses and stores built into the hills. It was quite the destination way back when.