DATELINE: Wall, SD

Wall is a pit stop along the hiway where the famous Wall Drug store is located. I gather that at one time it was an actual drug store but now it's a medium-sized tourist trap, replete with restaurants, jewelry stores, historic replicas, animatronic displays, and cute Russian immigrant gals behind every counter. I'll be posting some videos a bit later, as well as a very special picture of The Man and a certain larger-than-life jack-o-lope.

I really don't have much to say about Wall Drug. There are some relatively amusing attractions and if you're in the area you have no choice but to stop. As I left the compound I bumped (literally) into an extremely drunk 50 year old or so Native American who asked for a ride, so of course I said yes. Once he was inside my car I realized that he very easily could puke all over everything but it was too late. Luckily his stop was just a few blocks away. I wish I had something interesting to report about our conversation but he was fucked up out of his mind and made no sense at all. If I was back near my hotel I probably would've bought a case of beer & hung out at his motel for awhile, but as it was I had to roll on to the Badlands.








This is a replica of Wild Bill Hickok sitting at a table playing cards but not his last game of cards where he was shot in the back (this took place at Deadwood, SD just over an hour away). I can't imagine why they didn't set up a replica of his last moments...there couldn't possibly be a copyright on that, right?