Day Two

July 11, 2008

With very little sleep we started off again at 5:00 am, to Wall, SD home of Wall Drug Store. This was a must see per Gary Andrews a guy from our church. About 200 miles out from Wall, SD we started to see small bill boards advertising for "Free Ice Water" - from this point we would see these every 10 - 20 miles along our route.

Badlands Petrified Gardens
Before we could make it to Wall,we stopped by the Petrified Gardens, to stretch our legs. At first I wasn't sure if it was anything to stop and write home about, boy was I surprised. It was a great place to let the kids run around, and we found out some very interesting things.


The Badlands of South Dakota
While at the Petrified Gardens the store keeper said that we must drive threw the Badlands, it was was only 20 miles out of the way but would lead us right into Wall, SD. We thought we have come all this way, why not... We were sure glad that we did.

The views were breath taking, the kids really enjoyed seeing how the land has changed over the millions of years. David said, imagine how Lewis and Clark felt when they found this land, how different from the prairie lands." After 2 hours of getting out and walking around and seeing all the sights, we where back on track to Wall, SD.

Wall, SD

(home of the world famous Wall Drug Store)

This little town, is know for its Drug store. To read more about it go to http://www.walldrug.com/. When ever you are in SD you must stop by to get a world famous bumper sticker and "Free Ice Water"



Finally after a long day of driving and sight seeing we finally made it to our first campsite, at the Custer/Mt. Rushmore, KOA. The kids where glad to get out of the truck again, and as you can see they found a jumping pillow and I thought I would never get them off to come eat dinner.