{"id":6073,"date":"2017-08-03T21:53:27","date_gmt":"2017-08-04T01:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myriad.ca\/?p=138"},"modified":"2021-01-04T18:26:04","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T23:26:04","slug":"day-3-eau-galle-to-cottonwood-campground-yankton-sd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myriad.ca\/index.php\/2017\/08\/03\/day-3-eau-galle-to-cottonwood-campground-yankton-sd\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 3 &#8211; Eau Galle to Cottonwood Campground, Yankton SD (603 km)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6276 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/myriad.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/day3map.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myriad.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/day3map.png 1500w, https:\/\/myriad.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/day3map-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/myriad.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/day3map-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/myriad.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/day3map-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/myriad.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/day3map-1000x500.png 1000w, https:\/\/myriad.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/day3map-670x335.png 670w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Woke up at 5:20am and looked at the weather radar and realized that in a few minutes we would be deluged with rain so Jon and I quickly broke camp and hit the road. It started raining as we drove away from Spring Valley, Wisconsin and it poured with rain on and off for most of the day as we slogged our way south and west. After a nourishing breakfast, we headed for Cottonwood Campground in South Dakota.<\/p>\n<p>Arriving at Cottonwood the temperatures are cool and it is very windy but the sun has come out and it promises to be a nice day tomorrow for our trip to the Black Hills and Custer National Forest.<\/p>\n<p><strong>It&#8217;s raining like hell out there!<\/strong>.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-146\" src=\"https:\/\/myriad.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/rainyday.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1133\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mr. Cool the chauffeur<\/strong>.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-147\" src=\"https:\/\/myriad.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/jondriving.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myriad.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/jondriving.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/myriad.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/jondriving-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/myriad.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/jondriving-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/myriad.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/jondriving-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Skies are threatening.<\/strong>.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-142\" src=\"https:\/\/myriad.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/stormy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myriad.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/stormy.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/myriad.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/stormy-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/myriad.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/stormy-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/myriad.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/stormy-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>The famous falls at Sioux Falls.<\/strong>.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-141\" src=\"https:\/\/myriad.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Suoix-falls.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1929\" height=\"1447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myriad.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Suoix-falls.jpg 1929w, https:\/\/myriad.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Suoix-falls-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/myriad.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Suoix-falls-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/myriad.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Suoix-falls-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1929px) 100vw, 1929px\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>Yikes! Don&#8217;t pass Jon, don&#8217;t pass!<\/strong>.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-139\" src=\"https:\/\/myriad.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/wide-load.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The mighty Missouri river, starting point for the Lewis &amp; Clark expedition in 1804.<\/strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-156\" src=\"https:\/\/myriad.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/lewisandclark.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myriad.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/lewisandclark.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/myriad.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/lewisandclark-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/myriad.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/lewisandclark-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/myriad.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/lewisandclark-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><strong><br \/>\nA suave-looking fellow to be sure.<\/strong>.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-157\" src=\"https:\/\/myriad.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/rick-missouri-river.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myriad.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/rick-missouri-river.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/myriad.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/rick-missouri-river-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/myriad.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/rick-missouri-river-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/myriad.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/rick-missouri-river-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Which way to the Nebraska border??<\/strong>.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-158\" src=\"https:\/\/myriad.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/nebraska-border.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1464\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myriad.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/nebraska-border.jpg 1464w, https:\/\/myriad.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/nebraska-border-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/myriad.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/nebraska-border-768x1007.jpg 768w, https:\/\/myriad.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/nebraska-border-781x1024.jpg 781w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1464px) 100vw, 1464px\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>Beautiful Lake Yankton<\/strong>.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-155\" src=\"https:\/\/myriad.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/lake-yankton.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myriad.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/lake-yankton.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/myriad.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/lake-yankton-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/myriad.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/lake-yankton-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/myriad.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/lake-yankton-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>Time lapse of Our windy campsite&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative; height: 0; padding-bottom: 75.0%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"position: absolute; width: 100%; height: 100%; left: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IDxFQ9pGDoY?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0?ecver=2\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>Time lapse of our journey to Cottonwood.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative; height: 0; padding-bottom: 56.25%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"position: absolute; width: 100%; height: 100%; left: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qfssDCKKePc?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0?ecver=2\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Woke up at 5:20am and looked at the weather radar and realized that in a few minutes we would be deluged with rain so Jon&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11897,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[179],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6073","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-epic-2017"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/myriad.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/myriad.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/myriad.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myriad.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myriad.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6073"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/myriad.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6073\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6292,"href":"https:\/\/myriad.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6073\/revisions\/6292"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myriad.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/myriad.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myriad.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myriad.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}