Summer road trip: Wall Drug

We are back from a 1,500 mile road trip to the Black Hills of South Dakota.

What's the key to maintaining happy backseat travelers on a long road trip? Well.. more stops and less driving. The boys don't really see the benefit of getting all the driving done and relaxing in the final destination. So we made many stops along the way.  One of the more memorable ones (or at least one where we pulled out the camera) was Wall Drug. Wall Drug is, to put it charitably, a really large well promoted, souvenir shop in the middle of nowhere. 

It's all western themed with horses, hats, stagecoaches (throw in a dinosaur for good measure) and whatnot.  Everyone was ready to get out of the car and sample the 100 degree unconditioned air. Nobody was left disappointed.