Dakoting, Part 3: Wall Drug

On the second night of Badlands, at about 10 pm, a windstorm so fierce came through the campsite that the family across from us packed up and left. A single woman in a tent had to sleep in her car after wrestling with her tent for a half hour as her rain fly became an umba-rella whipping in the wind. Never heard wind so violent in my life.

Fortunately for us, we had the foresight to forego the tent and pack my Element for camping.

Roughin it, bitches.

The car rocked back and forth a little bit, but nothing so serious as destroyed tents


In morning packed up left Badlands. On our way up north, we had to stop through Wall, South Dakota to visit the famous Wall Drug. It's sorta impossible not to visit Wall, since as soon as you enter SD, every ten feet there's a billboard enticing you to visit with signs like "free ice water!". How can you turn down free ice water?

Wall Drug is basically a mini-mall, themed like a wild west saloon.

it's chocked full of stuff like this spittoon-loving cowboy here, and animatronic dinosaurs (just like the wild west) and kiddie playground animals.

Lisa, rocking the jackalope. 

Then drive north  to Medora, ND, the gateway to Teddy Roosevelt national park. More windy plains.

Next: north friggin dakota!!!