Wednesday, August 23, 2006

Wall SD

23 Aug 06 - Wall, SD, a town of some 800 population, has 13 Motels, 6 Restaurants and 3 Service Stations (all gas/diesel is same price). Along with being the only place reasonable to visit Badlands National Park, it is 'World Famous' for Wall Drug Store. Founded in 1931 its owner, a pharmacist, discovered that no one stopped as they went through Wall. He had a good well in town and decided to put out signs on the highway advertising 'Free Ice Water' and business picked up immediately. That worked out so well he decided to put out more signs along the road and eventually added the London Tube to his list of advertisements. The rest is 'history'. Actually not a bad campground even though their price reflects the lack of selection! Wall Drug has many paintings scattered throughout it stores – this one reminded Becky of two of her sisters at a similar age. Question: Which sisters belongs to which two in the painting?

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