Wall Drug

You think Geico spends too much money on marketing? Wait until you drive through SD and for 399 exits you see signs for Wall Drug; a store/restaurant/attraction in Wall, South Dakota.

Today we drove across the rest of South Dakota and into Badlands National Park, which was amazing. It was a scenic drive with various places to pull off and take pictures, climb up the rocks and hike. We saw elk, prairie dogs and mountain goats along with an amazing view.

The rest of the drive wasnt bad with tons of attractions and signs on the side of the road to keep us entertained. They have the Flinstones campground here, along with Reptile Kingdom. We are staying in Custer South Dakota at an amazing campground. The weather was perfect this afternoon to set up. 80 with a GREAT breeze to allow for our tent to dry out.

Unfortunately, however, Cohen, the dog you all know to love as a timid friendly, mute puppy is working on getting us kicked out! It all started with us bringing him to the 'dog walk' where 'good dogs' are allowed off leashed. Its a barely fenced in area at the side of the camp. When I turned to pick up his business tonight he decided to take off and go play with the children on the large inflatables. Good thing he was distracted by these, however, by no other than a jack rabbit running across the feild, which he took off in persuit after. This led me to run through campsites through the grounds, finally catching him just in time for the 'grounds keeper' to catch up on his golf cart and inform me that he is not to be seen off leash again, and if he is ever successful with a rabbit, we will owe a lovely $200. And of course, if this is not enough, whenever it is dark and he sees a shadow, he transforms into Cujo, which of course is not allowed either.

Off to explore CrazyHorse and Mt. Rushmore in the morning... cant wait for a peaceful, dry sleep tonight.

Oh yeah, we hit 2000+ miles today!!!