Here is my homage to Bob Dylan as we travel to Minnesota today. As we travel across South Dakota we leave behind the green grasses and mountains when we cross the Missouri River. With the Badlands and Black Hills behind us the eastern half of the state is more flat and brown. We start to see more agriculture with foot high corn growing and several farms powered by windmills.
No visit to S.D. is complete without a visit to Wall Drug. This store has been welcoming visitors for years with free ice water and 5 cent coffee. It is an amazing hodge podge and we had to stop and take photos on the huge jackalope as we had done 27 years ago.
We continued on Interstate 90 and stopped for lunch at Al's Oasis, a Wall Drug wannabee. Lewis & Clark did a lot of exploring in this area and the historical markers were interesting. In the afternoon we visited the Corn Palace and found the outside decorated with murals made of corn and corn husks. Inside it is a sports arena and gift shop.
We stopped at a Jellystone Campground, complete with Yogi Bear, and went to the nearby town to a highly rated steak house. Jeff was not impressed with his prime rib, but my Wall-eyed Pike was good.
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