Day 38 - Wall Drug and Mt. Rushmore

The location in case you miss the 100's of signs!

We set off from Blunt about 9:00 AM and headed to Pierre, S.D. - the state capitol. We had a coffee at McD’s so we could do the last 2 days of blogging and check emails. As we were traveling along Hwy.14 towards Mt. Rushmore we kept seeing signs for “Wall Drug” - more and more as we got closer. It piqued our interest until we could no longer stand it - we had to see “Wall Drug” - the power of advertising.

Only one of about 50 signs I took photos of!

Another one to add to the "Bucket List"
of things we've seen!

Five Cents?

You never know what we may need!

We had to go - the sign says so!

Dang it - we're 32 years too late

Could this mean it's going to be a "Kodak Moment"?!?!?

Once more we couldn’t believe it - a whole town dedicated to a drug store and bustling with tourists. You must read the Wall Drug History to understand this unique opportunity we had come upon. We had to try the Buffalo Burgers, $.05 (yes - 5 cents!) coffee and of course the free water! We checked out all the attractions, ate lunch, did some shopping, got diesel and then headed on towards Mt. Rushmore. Another couple of hours spent in fun and totally unplanned.

Buffalo Burgers for Lunch

Kasey riding the "Jack-a-lope"

Friendly here at Wall Drug!

The "Wild West" way of traveling instead of a Navion!

We passed up stopping at the actual Mt. Rushmore monument as the three lanes into the $11.00 (for cars - I didn’t catch the RV price) parking lot were lined up out onto the highway. A little ways ahead there was a small pullout so I quickly took some photos and away we went. Being 3:00 PM Central time or 2:00 PM Mountain time depending on whose clock/watch we were looking at, we decided to stop for the evening. 

A little ways down the highway we found a KOA and they had only a few vacancies left. We decided to stay put for two days as this KOA has 2 pools, a water slides, riding stable, WINE TASTING, laundromat, a bunch of bouncy castle thing-a-ma-jigs, playgrounds, crazy golf, lake with boats and canoes, numerous restaurants and snack bars and tons of activities happening daily.

Kasey Tie-Dyeing her T-shirt

Everything was free except for horseback riding and restaurants. What a find - some fun playtime coming up!!!! We settled in, explored the place, Kasey tie-dyed a T-shirt ($6.00), the teens had some fun golfing and boating, Dale & I WINE TASTED, we had dinner and campfire and then off to bed to rest up for another fun-filled day. An added bonus - really great free WiFi!

Oh Yes - A photo I took of Mt. Rushmore!