September 9 – We were up at 7:30 and left in the car
to go into Sturgis at 8:30. Bill and I
could not believe how different it was in 10 years so we drove to the road we
drove in on from Deadwood 10 years ago to see if we just didn’t drive far
enough into town. Well, we didn’t find
the shabby run down places we found then.
We stopped in a gift shop and I commented to the girl how much things had
changed in 10 years and she said EVERYTHING was built since then. She said she
came here then also and what we saw was what there was. She also said that with the big 75th
Anniversary of Sturgis’s Motorcycle Rally someone had a gas station and fast
food place put in on the corner of the interstate in just 3 weeks so it opened
in time for the event. Wow!
We dropped some cards in the post office box and took
photos of the “Sturgis” on the mountain side, then we went back to the RV park
and hooked up and off we went on eastward!
Wall, SD was the next event for us along I-90. For hundreds of miles in all directions
leading to Wall there are signs advertising Wall City Drug. It opened in 1931 and is now being run by the
3rd generation. My parents
took us there when I was 14, Bill and I went 8-10 years ago so we went back
today. It was just a couple of small
rustic looking buildings when I was 14 and I bought a red wool cowboy hat and
rawhide leather pants (which I still have both). Now it’s a
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| Cool Posts at Wall Drug |
row of shops all connected
internally. Across the street are other independent
shops that surely benefit from the store’s fame. There’s still a drug store, but now there’s a
restaurant, souvenirs, clothing, jewelry, art, so much stuff. Luckily the town
or maybe Wall City Drug has public free parking for cars and
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| Great Carved Posts inside |
RV’s so we had no
problems. We did a bit of shopping then
the smell or doughnuts and sweet rolls lured us into the restaurant and malt
shop. Bill had a plain cake doughnut and
I had one with chocolate. We sat eating
with another couple and ended up being there an hour talking about travel and
our diesel and transmission. Before we
left Bill decided to order his lunch to go but I wasn’t hungry yet so he ate it
on the road.
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| Some fields were sunflowers?? |
The drive today was nicer than yesterday. We were on interstate all day and instead of
constant road kill we passed field after field of sorghum, sunflowers and
corn. We didn’t see any wildlife
today. The weather was gorgeous and
there were farmers out harvesting their
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| Sorghum |
crops and loading hay. The sorghum was in two stages of color, a
bright rust and a brown color that was closer to ready for harvest. I was watching for a field of the rust beside
a field of sunflowers for a beautiful photo but it didn’t happen.
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| Missouri River |
We stopped at the visitor center
just after crossing the Missouri River as it
overlooks the river and I thought it would make a nice photo. Bill said he thought we’d been there when we
parked but I didn’t really know. Once we
went it, we knew
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| Replica boat |
we had been there before as it’s the Lewis and Clark Information
Center with a nice
display on their trip. There is a
replica of the boat and information on what they took with them and displays of
the tents representing what they lived in along the trail. It’s a very nice VC and the view is awesome.
Before arriving in Mitchell, SD
we stopped for fuel and Bill had to clean the window. That was a job as we had hit or been hit by
so many huge bugs. Bill did a good job
and we could actually see again when we got back out on the road.
Our campground, the R & R
Campground was right off the interstate and since we lost an hour today it was
6:30 when we arrived. We managed to get
a pull through long enough that we didn’t have to unhook. Bill hooked up the water, electric and sewer
so he could empty the tanks since we won’t have hook ups for the next 2 nights.
We had the rest of our beef stew
and corn muffins for a quick and tasty dinner.
I put a load of laundry in and then we watched some TV.
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