Itinerary

Saturday, July 26th-  Meet at St. Nick's parking lot 6:00 a.m. (or 6:30) Gather and load our rental mini-vans.  Bring bag lunches/snacks and filled labeled water bottle; we will have coolers in the rental vans. Wear your team t-shirt. Drive to Mankato, MN for a brief stop at the Dakota 38 Reconciliation Park. 6.5 hrs. 427.8 miles. Gas/bathroom stops and stop for lunch on the way.  Continue to the Calvary Episcopal Cathedral  in Sioux Falls, South Dakota for our overnight stay.  2.5 hrs. 156.6 miles from Mankato.  

Sunday, July 27th-Attend the Calvary Tiospaye Wakan service at 11:30 a.m. at Calvary Episcopal Cathedral and then continue on to Pine Ridge.   (360 miles-5 to 5 1/2 hrs.)      

Monday July 28th- Saturday, August 1st - A combination: Meeting with community members and organizations and doing whatever light service work we are asked to do. Cultural activities during the week and on days off. 

See the program overview.

Also: Possibility of primitive camping in the Badlands. On that day we would spend the day in Kyle (59 miles, 1 hr. from site) and campers would head to Badlands Boondock Campspot-(65 miles from Kyle, about 1 1/2 hrs). If we have any non campers, they may be able to stay in Kyle or they can head back to our site. Weather and logistics contingent. The following day, campers can explore in the Badlands and then head back to our site. If there are any non campers, they can also explore the Badlands if they choose. 

Sunday August 3rd: Attend mass on Pine Ridge.  Drive to Sioux Falls and stay overnight at Calvary Episcopal Cathedral.  

Monday August 4th: Drive from Sioux Falls to Evanston

Possible plan for drive home from Sioux Falls: 

Sioux Falls to Blue Earth Minnesota (2.8 hrs). Bag lunches by the Jolly Green Giant. 

Blue Earth Minnesota to Madison (4.5 hrs plus gas/bathroom stop).  Dinner in Madison or nearby, possibly Stoughton

Madison to home (2.5 hrs).