We had another glorious day to travel from Fairmont, Minnesota, to Wall, South Dakota. On the trip to Wall we stopped at a reststop near Chamberlain, SD, which has a magnificent overlook. Walking down the path we could see across the Missouri River. It was hard to imagine Lewis and Clark floating down this same river on their expedition to explore the northwestern territory. We also enjoyed the museum inside the reststop which had a keelboat that was of similar dimensions to boats used on the expedition.
Displays explained the purpose of their trip which was to develop relations with the indians, collect samples of plants and animals, and to hopefully find a water passage across the desolate area in the north.In the evening we took a walking tour of the Wall Drug district which is a shopping area of everything imaginable. The cluster of shops have the typical tourist trinkets, but also had bronze western sculptures that were priced at $22,000.
We returned to the coach and enjoyed the AC since temperatures were in the 90's.
We are looking forward to tomorrow when we plan to explore the Badlands.
