I had to laugh while taking in the sites at Wall Drug while on our South Dakota trip.  Actually, a more accurate depiction would be …. trying to keep myself entertained while internally struggling to determine why the hell I bothered to detour from my intended destination to go to Wall Drug in the first place.  Unfortunately, my wife convinced me to go and I somehow let my expectations get a little too high – when someone tells you that you can buy all the crap you didn’t know you needed, my expectations was a Super Wal-Mart filled with trinkets from the Wisconsin Dells.  Not the case… they had a few stores, had the obligatory Jackalopes for sale … and a 6 Foot one Linda forced me to get my picture on (NO I will not be posting it) and sure enough free ice water.   This managed to keep my interests for exactly 32 minutes  – eventually I found myself outside the women’s bathroom waiting for Linda (I know.. TMI, but I didn’t want you to think I was just hanging out there for no reason).  Apparently this was an employee communication area since it had a number of bulletins pinned to the wall – one of which caught my eye.  One particular sheet went into great detail how male employees can wear jeans, but women were forbidden from wearing jeans and must wear black slacks or a skirt.   I decided the owners might be religious since we have similar sects around here that have the same rules for their women.   What really made me laugh was a whole dissertation on how there would be no parties in the employee dorms and that individuals caught would be subject to significant discipline including dismissal … and the local police have been notified of this policy.  The only thought that came to mind was … Here you are in the less than happening Wall, South Dakota and you can’t even drink your sorrows away… I’m not on vacation.. I’m in HELL.

Hey Linda! any chance we can get back in the car and start heading to Custer State Park? -no… pretty please -no what if I buy you a cute little jackalope? -no or a “We Must Be on the Backside of Mt. Rushmore” shirt? -no or Black Hills gold jewelery? -no moccasins? -no polished rock? -no let you control the radio on the way there? -no   ……. ugh, I’ll just sit here and wait for the horns and pitchfork to show up

 Just say NO to {Wall} Drug{s}!