Keep Pushin' Till It's Understood
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I was reading the Wall Drug handout over breakfast there when it finally
registered with me that the Badlands were right next door. The Badlands
are not something I've nurtured a life long desire to see and I don't
think I'd have gone very far out of my way to take a look but I didn't
have to. The west end of the Badlands Loop Road is just a few miles off of
the expressway not far from Wall. The other end is even closer to the
expressway. For some reason, one word descriptions kept occurring to me.
Words like uninviting, inhospitable, barren, and revealing. The first
three come from the feeling that, despite knowing that humans have and
critters do live there, nothing could or would want to. The last comes
from the readily seen bands of differing color and texture marking layers
of geological history.
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I did a drive-by on the twelve foot prairie dog that stands between the
park's east entrance and the expressway.
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I wasn't really surprised to see the street closed in front of the
Corn Palace in
Mitchell, South Dakota. The owner of the motel I had just checked into had
told me that some construction work was in progress. The murals made of
corn are removed and replaced by new ones each year but this is a little
early for that and there is more to it. Some remodeling is going on
outside and in the lobby and the outside changes include somehow using
LEDs in the "Next Generation Corn Palace". The Palace is still
open but the entry is on the side of the building. As I entered, a greeter
told me a movie was just starting on the far side of the room so I headed
directly there. I'm guessing that this is something of a makeshift theater
made necessary by the construction. The movie was followed by a brief tour
with a guide pointing out some of the murals in the room. The Palace is
used for basketball and concerts but it's currently just a really big gift
shop. I was quite surprised to see the shirt I photographed at the Fort
Cody Trading Post offered here with the
words "Fort Cody" and "Nebraska" replaced by
"South Dakota". Somehow that makes it seem even more bizarre to
me plus, where I think the shirt I photographed may have been the only one
present at Fort Cody, here there was a selection of sizes hanging above a
well stocked shelf. I'm curious but fearful about the thoughts behind
making or buying this shirt.
For what might be the first time ever, I picked a motel from a rest area rack card and it worked out well. I somehow failed to get any outside pictures of the Coachlight Motel but I did get some of my room. |
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