Monthly Archives: August 2021

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Sculpture Walk

Sioux Falls is the site of the largest annual exhibit of public sculptures in the world. Each spring new works are installed on loan from their creators. The public is invited to vote on their favorite. There are more than 60 sculptures to visit. The biggest cluster is on Phillips Ave between 9th and 12th Streets. You can see all of them at this website: sculpturewalksiouxfalls.com

My favorite was Cherry Tree made from found items: rebar, red marbles held in place with the curled tines of forks, the leaves are stainless steel spoons.

Fresh Take on one side ..

but as you walk up the sidewalk, you see this:

We had lunch at

The Q Burger – excellent!

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Sioux Falls Bike Trails – 2

Today we rode the same spur in and turned left to ride north around the airport and back to downtown.

Country clubs on the left and right:

The bridge took us to the other side of the Big Sioux River:

From the northern end of the trail, a glimpse of the airport in the distance:

Across the Big Sioux River again:

At the top of a switchback descent (which we will climb on our return trip) to cross the bridge (and river) as we head toward Falls Park and downtown:

Falls Park is a must-see in Sioux Falls.

Same perfect turn-around point as yesterday!

Several times a day, fighter jets (not sure what to call these fast/LOUD airplanes) take off in 2s or 3s, fly around, and land. The South Dakota Air National Guard station is located at the Sioux Falls Regional Airport.

From the main trail, this is the spur across the bridge takes us back to the campground. Some maps call it Skunk Creek.

Where Cherry/Skunk Creek flows into Big Sioux River:

Great ride. 26 miles.

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Sioux Falls Bike Trails – 1

A 19-mile loop surrounds the city. Our RV park is about 1/2 mile from one of the spurs – on this map, that spur is left center more or less:

Today we explored the spur which ended at Legacy Park.

At the end of the trail, the next extension is under construction.

Back along the other side of the creek.

We met Cole at this bridge built in 1906. He and a friend had been collecting artifacts.

After crossing the bridge we turned right on the loop and headed downtown. Many parks were linked via the trail.

The Arc of Dreams sculpture over the Big Sioux River in downtown Sioux Falls was our turnaround point.

Free Flight by David Skora

28 miles!

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Your bike rides this week

Sunday July 25. Barbara and Cheryl met up with Jonathan who had ridden with a trike group.

Monday July 26. Dani, Rich, Kathy, Leo, Cindy, Jane, Cheryl:

Tuesday July 27. Jonathan, Leo, Cindy, Cheryl, Dani, Barbara:

Wednesday July 28. Cheryl, Kathy, Barbara:

Thursday July 29. Jonathan took this picture of Jane, Kathy, Barbara, Dani, Cheryl:

Jonathan, “It takes a village … to fix Jane’s flat.” What a great group of cycling friends!

Friday July 30.

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Hello South Dakota

Again, we didn’t have far to go, so we left at check out time, more or less.

Goodbye Iowa:

Hello Sioux Falls SD. There are almost 30 miles of bike trails here + other interesting things to see. Our RV site is also close to the bike trail so there won’t be any loading of bikes onto Versie (tow car) and driving somewhere.

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