Day 11: Wall Drug in South Dakota

  There were so many signs telling you to stop here. Wall Drug Store is now down to about 250 signs in South Dakota, 30 in Minnesota and 20 in Wyoming.  They are pretty amusing and are worth looking up.

  They might be in children sizes, but I might also have been able to find my size if I had looked.  We did some light shopping after getting breakfast.  While the breakfast wasn't anything spectacular, it's more about where you are.  There are a ton of stained glass hanging lights.  I would go back to browse some more and possibly check out some of the other stores down the street.

  On the way into The Badlands we saw some bison right off the road by Buffalo Gap National Grassland.  It was really cool to see the rippling grasses.  One guy also tried to get a little too close to the bison.

  Stopped with a bunch of other people to look at the big horned sheep.  It was so windy that it was a bit tricky to get pictures of them.  It makes me wonder how they can so easily walk around on their hooves without getting blown off.

  Some groundhog spam.  We stopped by Roberts Prairie Dog Town.  I had a great time there watching them.  Before running into the hole, after standing watch, they would squeak really loudly and bend backwards a few times.  People kept trying to hand feed them, but they aren't dumb.  They are curious but skittish.

  I had to take a panorama at Panorama Point.  It was a bit tricky because there was sign that was fairly tall.

  I was a lot easier to get a good panorama at White River Valley Overlook.

  We stopped at most of the overlooks and it was interesting to see how the landscape looked the same but also changed as we went through The Badlands.  Some areas were very monochromatic while others have a range of colors.  Heather says the colors really stand out around sun-rise.

  At the last stop we overlook we stopped at, Big Badlands Overlook, I saw some people looking over an edge and pointing.  I went over to see if they were looking at some animals, since we had seen some bison in some of the shallower crevices.  They spotted these flowering cacti.

  This is the Dignity of Earth and Sky statue at the Lewis and Clark Welcome Center.  It looks really impressive in pictures and looks even more impressive in person.  She is 50 feet in height and made out of stainless steel.

  Bill keeps telling me that we keep getting handicapped rooms, then when I ask him how he can tell he takes another look and changes his mind.  The lip to the slower was fairly low, but the door wasn't any wider than it has been in any other.

  We got a quick dinner at Ruby Tuesdays and then had a few beers at Lupulin Brewing company.  Their Super Karate Money Death Car tasted just like a Mounds bar.