Day 9 Move to Sturgis via Badlands and Wall Drug

We pulled out of Mitchell a little before 9am.  Fueled and ready we headed west on I-90 towards Rapid City/Sturgis.  With some unique scenery along the way.

    Missouri River

1880 Town

                                                                                                                           
After about 3 hours (200 miles), a few scenic turn-outs, central to mountain time zone change, we arrived at the 240 Loop that passes through the Badlands National Park.

Lon and Pam wanted their picture taken at the sign and of course Heidi "the little ham" jumped right in their with them when she saw the camera come out.

The camera cannot capture the beauty of the Badlands.  The sheer starkness of the land with it's contrast of colors to the lush background vegetation is incredible.  We stopped and enjoyed lunch in the parking lot of the visitors center, the advantage of bringing your microwave with you, and continued to tour the park.

The 240 Loop takes you right to Wall, SD.  The home of world famous Wall Drug.

                                             If you want virtually anything, Wall Drug has it:

                                                                  New Friends:

                                                                          A thrill ride:

A taste of the old west:

                                                                Or a new "coach":

                                                                  Wall Drugs has it all!!!

We arrived in Sturgis at the Rush-No-More RV park.  The park is gorgeous, clean and quiet.

After setting up and having our social hour, we headed into Sturgis to find some dinner.  Tip: If your in the area don't bother,  Sturgis is a pit!! We moved on and went to Deadwood for dinner.  No parking available due to Big and Rich concert.  We finally found a sports bar and grabbed some supper before heading back to our sites and turning in for the night.