Left for South Dakota to become residents and register our domicile.  On the way we stopped at a casino in Oklahoma.  It was a nice RV park and the casino had a buffet with crab, shrimp and prime rib.  We ask if it was a non-smoking restaurant and were told that it was.  We took the bus to the casino, walked inside and asked where the buffet was located.  As it turned out, the buffet was located in the middle of the casino, no walls or anything separating it from the smoke of the casino.  When I asked the manager how they considered it non-smoking and how they kept the smoke out, he became flustered and gave us all sorts of excuses.  We did end up eating there and it was good but we noted that it wasn’t non-smoking for future trips.

Our trip to South Dakota was long with temperatures as high as 112.  Hot, dry, lots of burned out fields all the way.  When we arrived we stayed at a beautiful state park and were alone for the first few days.  Beautiful sunsets, quiet, peaceful and lots of places to walk and enjoy the cool weather.

We drove into town and met our postal lady.  She helped us get the license plates for the car and RV, got us registered to vote, our car insurance and found us an attorney for our wills.  All was quick and easy.  Getting our South Dakota licenses took about a half hour.  John and I have renewed on line for over a decade and our pictures were of young “us”.  We went in, signed a paper and they took our picture.  The clerk called our name and gave us our permanent plastic color driver’s license.  When John got his, he gave it back and told the lady, this isn’t me…this guy is OLD.  She actually took it back and he started laughing when she looked at him quizzically.  Yep, we were both “old”.