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July 12th 2011

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Wall Drugs

Imfamous Wall Drugs

We headed eastward from Mount Rushmore South Dakota thought the Badlands where we spent the night. Leaving Mt Rushmore area we had some trouble with our windshield wipers cammed all the way over and were not working. We stopped in Rapid city at a “ Damon Dealer” and some old guy ( about 75 ) came out and re-adjusted them and tightened the bolts….problem solved we thought (more about that later) we then headed to a roadside stop called Wall Drug Store. It started back in 1931 with road signs promising free ice water for thirsty travelers and has grown into a “monumental”, Western mall of shops, restaurants and entertainment. In the summer it boasts that 20,000 travelers a day stop there….it still has free ice water and coffee for 5 cents. It is a place you can say you have been, but we wouldn’t stop again. We then went to the Badlands of South Dakota where we spent the night. They are amazing, a lot like the badlands near Drumheller, but a lot greener. It was drizzling lightly when we left, but was still warm and we were not worried…we had our wipers fixed in Park Rapids???? Well as soon

Mr Wall ??

Mr. Wall??

as we got on the freeway east towards Sioux Falls the wipers cam over and we have to stop, Paul re-tightens them and off we go…..well that process continued all the way to Sioux Falls. A slow trip with a lot of swearing!!! Along the way at one of our rain delays we visited the Corn Palace in Mitchell SD. This place has everything corn you could ever imagine. It is a Taj Mahal shaped building decorated with corn husks and hundreds of different corn cob murals. If you ever wanted to know, see or collect anything “corn” this is the place to it
Once in Sioux Falls we went to the store and got some Lock tight and Paul decided he would fix those F@**#@* wipers himself…..he did and so far “they have been working” We went to the Falls that night as they have them all lit up and have a laser show…they are beautiful…really worth the visit, but we were really tired after a long a stressful day and couldn’t really appreciated them.
Later that night we were awakened by thunder and lightning that went on for 2 hours straight and it down poured rain…..the water

Badlands of South Dakota

Badlands

turned the campground into a river …. They said they had 4” of rain in 2 hours…..it was unreal, but just the first of many more storms we encountered in the Dakota/ Minnesota area.

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