Sunday, May 30, 2010: We left Cedar Bluffs, IA and drove about 9 hours from the east to the west of South Dakota through miles of open and fairly flat farmland. To tell you how rural this part of the country is, we didn't pass a McDonald's for sweet tea until after 3 in the afternoon! (Yes, Susan, we ordered up...and it was good!) There were a few developed areas along the way including Chamberlain where I-90 crosses the Missouri River. We didn't stop, but a man named Al built an old western town on the otherwise undeveloped banks. The only other billboards along the way, and there were many, advertised the famous Wall Drug Store. Jim's parents had been asking if we were stopping in Wall; they had made the stop back in the early
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