Today we did a lot of driving. When we woke up we played with the puppies some more and had breakfast. Then, we had breakfast and started driving. After a little while we had to pull over because we ran out of gas. We had to wait for a while for a pig farmer to come give us some gas. I mean, it’s not an adventure if you don’t run out of gas in the middle of nowhere! After we filled up on gas we stopped at the Corn Palace in South Dakota. This is a building that is decorated on the outside with corn. It’s kind of weird. My mom said to “embrace the cheese” because it is so cheesy but I think we should really embrace the corn because it is so corny! I got my picture taken with a corn guy:
Next, we went to the hotel in the Badlands. We had our own free-standing cottage that was so cute and homey. All the furniture and walls were made of unfinished wood so it still felt like you were living in a cabin. The cottages are brand new so they have all modern appliances like a microwave, refrigerator, nice bathroom, TV, and air conditioning. I just LOVED the cottage. It was nice to sit out on the porch in the morning and read a book while you watch the sun rise over the beautiful rocks.
After we got settled in our cottage, we went to Wall, South Dakota. We walked through Wall Drug and had dinner at the Wall Drug Café. I even got my free ice water! Here are a few pictures:
After dinner we got chocolate dipped ice cream at DQ. Mmmmmmmmmmmm!
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Nice blog entry, love the photos too.
It looks like Wall Drug hasn’t changed a bit since our stop there in 1976! I’m enjoying your blog and looking forward to seeing you in little more than a week.