The Chill

You can tell winter is coming.  It may only be October but the chill in the air is a warning of what is to come.

Some things I have yet to understand/come to terms with:

- It's early October and I am already thinking about turning my heat on?  What?  I don't get it.. I thought fall was supposed to be 60 degrees and crisp.  Not 40 degrees and bordering on bitter.

- None of my warm clothes seem to be warm enough.  Sweaters, hoodies, jeans are not doing the trick already.  South Dakota is a windy place and the bitter gusts are already cutting through me.

- How do people find this appealing?  I'm dying already and like I said, it's only October.

- It is never not windy here.  Which doesn't help with that cold thing.

I went on a Pinterest pinning spree full of warm coats and clothes to get me through this upcoming winter.  I never considered St. Louis to be the south, but this "southern" girl is clearly not ready for a South Dakota winter.  I'm not sure if I can hold out until Christmas for these items either with the way things are going. We'll see.

These past few weeks have been spent exploring our new surroundings and taking in the beautiful leaves changing color.  We hiked through the Palisades and visited Devil's Gulch- a few classic Sioux Falls spots.

We hiked up and through famous King and Queen rock and followed the Big Sioux River hopping and skipping on rocks.

The South Dakota landscape can really be quite pretty if you look for it.

We have a lot to look forward to in the next coming weeks.  Cardinals playoff games, a St. Louis visitor (with that, my first visit to the other side of the state- the Black Hills and Mount Rushmore!), Halloween, and finally traveling back home for a lovely wedding and Thanksgiving!

I'll keep you updated on the cold.