A SNOW DAY!!

Oct.9th

So, here we are in Deadwood-we had planned to leave today on our way to Kentucky. Well, we got up this morning-and it was SNOWING!! So, instead of driving south-east toward Mitchell South dakota,we decided to stay here one more day and become legal residents of this beautiful state! ok, there is more than that to the story-Mike had been talking to the owner of the park we have been staying in- Mike had mentioned about our changing our status from calif. to Florida-and the work involved-so the owner stated that the process is so easy and quick here in South dakota-and even said we were welcome to use his adress here as our legal one-how nice is that! We will still have our mail forwarding from Florida thru Good Sam-but we can do everything else as legal residents of this state. so, in the snow we go-to Rapid City
to the "drivers License dept"- it is amazing-we are there for 10 minutes-thats right-10 minutes. We leave with our new South dakota licenses-for a fee of $8.00 each(those of you in Calif. know what a deal that is!)-not to mention the amount of time involved at a Calif. DMV-and get this-the people are SO nice-like they are happy to see us-and they even have a sense of humor-really!! From there we go back to Deadwood-to the Treasurers Dept. We give them the info to register our vehicles here-they fill out a few docs-and will call us when they are ready to mail us our plates-unbelievable-again! So, it was a day well spent-we are all licensed,registered,insured and happy-we may be back in the spring, as we have been offered the possibility of jobs here in Deadwood for the summer-life is good!
Tomorrow we will be on the road-heading for our next adventure on this great journey.
It is beginning to snow again-we hope it will not be too heavy for our departure in the morning-I am NOT allowed to do my famous snow-dance tonight!!