Of all things to wake me up this morning, an owl. Whooo Whooo! And then from a distance, another, Whooo Whooo!. They kept this up and it was hardly light. I wanted to holler,”Meeee Meee, that’s Whoooo your keeping up. I knew that it wouldn’t do any good so I just left it at that, turned over in bed and slept restfully for a full 3 minutes more.
We went for our morning walk around the campground and ran across this neat camper called a Tear Drop. It was a lady and her elderly aunt from Illinois and they had been staying in it for several days while exploring this region.
She told us that inside was a queen size bed. The back of the camper opened up and there was a kitchen with cooler, 2 burner stove, and several drawers for storing items.
As usual, we took our time breaking camp. It was almost 11:30 before we left. It wasn’t until later that I realized that we were in Mountain time and it was only 10:30. We decided to drive back into the Badlands and take the 27 mile ride to Wall, S D. Of course Mother Nature (not that one) took over and it took us over 2 hours to drive it. The scenery was once again breathtaking and we had to stop every couple of miles and get off of the bike and look. At one point, we had a young lady with long hair take our picture. Keep in mind that the wind was blowing quite briskly. I guess we should be happy with what we got.
I was watching her fingers to make sure that they didn’t get in front of the lens and her hair must have blown in front just as she hit the shutter. We did get someone else to take our picture later. I’m not one to brag but I will have to admit, that is a good looking couple.
Here is a few more shots of the Badlands.
After leaving the Badlands, we headed for the big town of Wall, S.D., population 818. That is what the sign said. No trip out West is complete unless you visit Wall Drug. It was started in the earyl 30’s during the depression. To read more about the history of this great story, click on the link below.
http://www.walldrug.com/t-history.aspx
We spent several hours in the store and acted like a couple of teenagers. Judy sure lets her hair down when she gets out of town and away from her kids and grandkids. Below are a few pictures we got just before they kicked us out.
After leaving Wall Drug, we headed for the KOA located near Mt. Rushmore. this place is huge and we will be telling more about this tomorrow. Goodnight everyone.