Friday (6/19)  We left Rapid City, SD for Mitchell, SD.  Along our way we just had to stop at one of the most famous tourist traps there is, Wall Drug, Wall, SD.   This "drug store" has been there years and has made itself a tourist destination through creative road-side advertising.  The store takes up an entire city block . We got there and followed the signs for bus and RV parking.   There must have been 50 RVs parked. The store was packed and they have created a "Disneyesque" feeling to the place.  We had a nice lunch and then we looked around at all the typical tourist stuff.  

We then took the scenic drive through Badlands National Park.   Once again, we are seeing beautiful landscape that is so different from what we have already seen.  The Badlands show the various layers of sediment that make up the peaks and valleys.  They look as though someone painted strips on them.  The Badlands are surrounded by flatlands known as the Prairie.  The Prairie has with its vast areas of flat grazing land has such a different look from the Grand Tetons and Yellowstone.  

We spend the night in Mitchell, SD.  It was really funny, we stayed at "Camp Wal-Mart."  There were 19 campers and 3 tractor trailers parked for the night in the Wal-Mart parking lot.