Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Mount Rushmore from the visitor's Center.
We got someone to take our picture. Mt. Rushmore is so impressive. We had a picnic lunch there.

Here we are at Wall Drug. If you visit Mt. Rushmore, you go through the town of Wall, South Dakota.


Had my picture taken in front of the sign. Wall Drug is also called the "Ice Water Store". In the 30's when traffic started going to Mount Rushmore everyone would just pass by the drug store that he and his wife had. (Still the only drug store in Wall). Finally his wife got an idea to put signs up along the highway offering free ice water. Before the day was over, they almost ran out of ice. Now the drug store takes up two blocks. There are big signs on the highway now for Wall Drug that start miles before you get there. You can still get free ice water.
Nothing much else going on. I always seem to stay busy. I never seem to do everything I plan to do in a day and I don't even have anybody to take care of but myself.



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