Wall Drug

Long ago when my family made a cross country drive, I remember seeing signs all along the way saying "Wall Drug 850 miles" and so on. Many cars with bumper stickers bragging about visiting Wall Drug. But I don't remember ever stopping there.

But this time, we did. I read up on the history of the store online. You can check it out here. 

After visiting the Badlands, we spent the night in Wall, SD and visited Wall Drug the next day. Chris kindly walked over first thing in the morning and brought back some of their homemade donuts and breakfast rolls. They only make a limited number of the rolls and he got the last one. My hero.

Yum! And quite a sugar buzz. 

Once we loaded up on sugar, we both walked the two blocks to the famous Wall Drug. It's a large building with several interconnected stores and then a section where the different stores have separate entrances. But they are all Wall Drug and whatever you pick up in along the way can be paid for in any of the stores. 

The first area was rather disappointing with poor quality cheap touristy things. Mugs, key chains, fake snakes, that sort of thing. Another section was a real drug store with meds, first aid stuff and a pharmacist. 

After that, things got more interesting. Beautiful cowboy boots, fancy cowboy hats and other leather goods. Other areas had gemstones, jewelry and Christmas ornaments. I bought an inexpensive pair of earrings. 

In addition to the homemade donuts and breakfast rolls, they have ice cream and a lunch counter that looked like it served sandwiches and pie. 

I don't think there was much at Wall Drug that we couldn't have seen or found elsewhere, but they have become such a tourist attraction it was fun to finally see it for ourselves.