Being a tourist

Yup, you got it, Wall is indeed the home to the infamous WallDrug, a Mecca of western shopping and silly picture taking opportunities. From purchasing George Washington’s favorite cologne (which I think they should be selling at the Mount Rushmore gift store for sure) to taking a picture atop a jackalope to paying a quarter to have Sam the gorilla sing us a song on the piano… Wall Drug entertained us for an hour or so. Got a great shot glass there too! My collection is going to be quite enormous when I get back home!

Next we stopped at the World’s ONLY Corn Palace, in Mitchell. Not as “palacy” as I anticipated, but lots o’ corn for sure. Got some yummy caramel popcorn, corn muffin mix, and had some Milky Way Ice Cream before we continued down the 90 and into Minnesota. Slept in a Minnesota Rest Area tonight.

Quote of the day: “The worse thing about being a tourist is having other tourists recognize you as a tourist,” Russell Baker. This is pretty fitting as today Bryan was wearing his Hawaiian shirt with a very obnoxious Mexican theme, cowboy hat, huge camera with big lens and backpack – and that darn moustache really adds to the affect! He looked quite the tourist part!

For pictures of Wall Drug, Corn Palace, and other random spots in South Dakota, click here:

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