South Dakota

I should spend some time back tracking and talk a little about South Dakota. Now having seen Montana, I would have thought that SD was one of the most desolate places in our country. The land is so flat, and driving through the state all there is are corn fields surrounding you. For about 300 miles we saw signs for Wall Drug. The funniest thing really because it is very random and the billboards on the interstate marketing it are very entertaining. Brant had heard of it before, but for someone who had no clue, like myself, it really is just very random and the anticipation of seeing Wall Drug after driving past signs for 300 miles is entertaining. It's a small town drug store in Wall, SD that has turned itself into a little tourist trap. Wall is an old western town, with some shops and a population of 800. They had one of those Old Time Photo shops, and Brant and I had some great pictures taken. Here we talked to a young girl who was working the camera and learned a little more about her small town. For example, her school is a k-12 and there are 10 people in her grade. I can't imagine. We asked her if she has to travel far to get to school and she said personally no, but there are other students who travel 40 miles to get there. She referred to these folks as "people from the country"...not too sure where she thinks she lives.

Wall, SD was fun because we interacted with some locals but it was good to get back in the car and continue to Mount Rushmore.