July 14: Date Morning

Friday night is supposed to be date night, but we got involved and decided to save our date for this morning.  We drove up to Brookings, SD, with many things on our agenda.  Kevin and I earned our first degrees at SDSU and we also met, dated, married and lived in married student housing there.  So there was a bit of trip down memory lane which included SDSU ice cream and the school's campanile.  One of our favorite things to do during our dating time at SDSU was to walk the grounds around the campanile when it was a misty/foggy evening.  One of the other favorites was to go to the Dairy Barn for some righteous SDSU ice cream!

We drove past many old landmarks and discovered that as much as the area has changed there is still a lot that remains the same, at least in our memories.  Considered going to Nick's for a burger, but knew there would be lots of food booths at the festival.

After that, we drove to the park to explore the arts festival. It was something I did with friends and sisters long ago, but it is much bigger now.  This time, I loved walking around holding hands with my best friend and talking about everything we saw. 

There were hundreds of eye catching pieces, lots of aromas, delightful music, interesting people to chat with, and the sounds of clanking of swords.  We browsed hand-in-hand for a number of hours, ate buffalo, tasted potato lefse, had our SDSU ice cream, and went from comfy to sweaty as the morning progressed.  What more could one as for on a summer date?  (A cold bottle of water, remedied the sweaty attitude.)

If you were looking for jewelry, sparkles, lawn ornaments, clothing, trinkets, and such this is where you should have gone.  There were some woodworking booths, but only two that were along the lines that we want to sell.  There was one interesting booth that had benches and chairs made out of old bed frames, doors, etc.  The pottery was gorgeous, the carved gourds were very pleasing to my way of thinking,  The food was delicious!

Life is GOOD!