This drug store and tourist trap is as big as a city block, and is jammed full of . . . well, stuff. There is an actual drug store and pharmacy in there, but the rest of it is a combination souvenir shop / restaurant / attraction. Wall Drugs became famous during the Depression for giving away free ice water.
So after some greasy spoon grub (skipped the homemade doughnuts today but may not tomorrow!), we shopped for souvies and enjoyed the attractions. Here's Matt enjoying a Jackalope.
Not content to junk up the main drag of Wall, South Dakota, Wall Drug has decorated the little plot of land overlooking exit 110 with an 80 foot dinosaur.
Wall also hosts the National Grasslands Visitor Center, which had a great 25 minute movie by the US Forestry Service and some cool displays of local wildlife.
We were disappointed that the Wounded Knee Museum had closed for the season, since we won't have time to do the 140+ mile roundtrip to visit the monument.
After all that it was off to the Badlands!
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