Mitra

New Found State Motto

Posted by Mitra on June 17, 2007, from Sioux Falls, South Dakota

We have asked a lot of people what to do for fun in South Dakota and have been told repeatedly that in this sparsely inhabited region (only 781,919 people live here making it the 4th least populated state, but the 17th largest in size) of the U.S. of A., “people make their own fun.” So, we would like to propose a new state motto instead of the old one, “Under God the people rule.” We propose instead ” Under the South Dakota sun, the people make their own fun.”

Determined to emulate the fun had by South Dakotans, we set out on a quest to find our own fun and discovered that there is TONS of fun to be had here!


Above, Jenna takes a wild ride on a bucking bronco at the biggest HyVee (supermarket chain) in the country, located right here in Sioux Falls.


Mitra glides gracefully down the slide at local hotspot, the Wal-Mart Superstore.


As for night life, we put on our Dead Sea imported face masks. Then it’s early to bed, early to rise to make these ladies healthy, wealthy and wise.

Mitra works on perfecting her talent of riding a bike through two hotel rooms while simultaneously playing her harmonica.

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One Response to “New Found State Motto”

  1. Wendi Muse says:

    awww glad to see you’re having fun!

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