SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- "Baby you can drive my car" ... because we need another driver.
Lots of car time today as we have begun the long push for home. Two highlights: we toured the world-famous (because they say it is) Wall Drug in Wall, S.D. They begin advertising this massive store about 300 miles before you arrive. And the signs say you can get just about anything there, from free ice and water to a 5-cent cup of coffee and free donuts for veterans. It has a large cafeteria, huge t-shirt selection, jewelry, cameras, candy, restrooms and yes, even an active phramacy. Despite all the hype, the children were less than impressed.
Second stop, several hours later, was at the "world's only" -- again, because they say it is -- Corn Palace. This place was hokey -- and certainly "corny" -- but actually kind of fun. The ornate building is extensively decorated with ears of corn, corn silk and other corn products. It's really a gymnasium for local high school basketball teams, but they trick it out with all kinds of stuff and show a movie (an offering that is ubiquitous for tourist attractions on the prairie). They set up a huge flea market on the gym floor, with just about anything you can imagine related to corn -- corn trays, corn-shaped candles, corn holders, corncob jelly, t-shirts and hats with corny slogans, corncob-shaped caramel corn, corn on the cob that turns into popcorn on the cob when you heat it, but no actual corn -- and, strangely, no corn cob pens. Hmm. That may be an opportunity for yours truly ...
The day ended with a visit with the Whites, friends from Michigan who relocated to Sioux Falls in 2009. We were delighted to see they have landed on their feet -- and delighted to learn there is an actual waterfall in Sioux Falls.
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