Of course, it was bound to happen that one day I would forget the camera..
today was that day.
SO
I will now describe to you the pictures that didn't get taken.
We wanted to be sure and take a picture of the Calvary Chapel we visited in
After church, we missed taking the funniest one of the day. It is Chris
cowering behind my legs as we watch an animated T-Rex growl and steam at us.
We are in Wall,
Drug, I will tell you a bit of the story. (I got this from the menu.) A
young pharmacist decided to run his own pharmacy in a small town. He found
one for sale in Wall and decided to use his inheritance from his father to
purchase it. Let me tell you he was a visionary if he thought there were
enough people to keep him busy out there. Anyway, he told his wife that if
he was unable to provide a living within a year they would move on.
Sometime during that year she came up with this idea to offer free ice water
to travelers on the highway. This was in the 30's and people were traveling
in them old model T's or whatever else. He thought that was an excellent
idea and with the help of a high school student made some signs and posted
them on the side of the highway...like the
worked wonderfully well and the people came to the drug store. Of course,
when they got there they bought stuff. Within a year they had eight
employees. Now the store is a full city block and the only reason the town
still exists. Should you ever go there I would recommend you eat at any
other restaurant in town. The food at Wall Drug is not good and very
expensive as well.
The next picture that we didn't take was of Rose and Chris sitting in a
covered wagon (again at Wall Drug) pretending to go across the prairie.
There is a courtyard of fun activities for children to do which makes it a
nice break from driving through the center of
a lot of other pictures of them playing...which I won't bore you with.
When we were shopped out (only took some of us a few minutes), we headed
south into the
advice we had was to go to the
best show of colors. We have two reasons why we didn't want to do it at
that time of day: 1) Rose 2) Chris. So we went in the middle of the
afternoon. The next non-picture is incredible. You must understand just
how rich and lush the
starkness of the
area (Badlands) and dumped into another (
other tourists in quiet amazement. The picture not showing here is of us
high above a plateau of folding hill sides separated by huge cracks and
canyons--with no vegetation to be seen.
The last shot is of a place called Pig Dig. You will especially like not
seeing the one with Chris quizzing the archeologist about how she came to be
in a hole to dig in the dirt. It was more like an interrogation. Of course
you can't see Rose in the background going through their trash can looking
for???? Who knows what. Those two little girls you can't see are her new
friends, neither of which can speak English. Rose believes she was speaking
Spanish with them, but I am not so sure as there seem to be many Ukrainian
people here.
There were many many pull-outs that we refused to leave the car to enjoy the
view. Maybe it was just today, or maybe they are always there...but, there
are some nasty little flies in the
and will only leave you alone if you swat them. Not only that they are
quick--and bite. I mean BITE HARD!!! We are all full of welts from them.
Either they prefer ankles or white colors as they went for our feet.
I truly do feel bad spamming everyone. It must feel like you are watching
someone's home movie. Remember I will never know if you just delete these
missives. So don't feel guilty at all if that is what you do.
Probably no pictures tomorrow either. Not because I am planning to forget
the camera, but because we are going to be cleaning and only have a bike
ride planned.
Enjoy your sunshine!
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