Today was cook, shower and do laundry day…in that order, oh and hit DQ to keep the boy happy.
We were 10 days out from our last shower (we did do a dip in a mt stream a week or so ago) and a lot longer since we did laundry. There is a small laundromat in town that offers showers for $3 and reasonable laundry machines (no motel or RV Park needed). We smell much better, but not bear food worthy.
We also cooked 4 meals so we can just reheat when we pull into a site.
A work day overall, but well worth it. When I took my hat off to take a shower, my hair stood straight up on its own😅.
We r staying in a nice town campground for $12 a night usd. It has 10 sites, all but 2 are filled right now and it is only 6:30. There is a sweet little river with a cool waterfall that used to be a sawmill. And it is all right within walking distance of town.
Today, we are taking a day off and going to the big city. Wall, SD, that is. A motel, showers and laundry are on the top of the list, closely followed by a visit to Dairy Queen.
We have been camping in the Rover for almost a month, and are due for a ‘cleaning up’ and some ‘treats’! Since they are predicting severe storms in the area, perhaps it’s not a good night to be sleeping in a rooftop tent.
We found a great little place online, The Sunshine Inn. John, the owner, treated us like we were family. We highly recommend staying here if you ever find yourself in Wall, SD.
The Sunshine Inn in Wall, SD. Our home away from the tent for a few nights.John, the owner of the Sunshine Inn. Thanks John for everything!
First stop, after showers was the laundry mat.
We definitely smell better!
Quickly followed by our first trip to Dairy Queen, yes, I said first…we don’t have Dairy Queen at home, so this was a highly anticipated treat!
Yes, that crazy eyed DQ inhaler is Darrin! A very happy boy😁
All cleaned up and fortified, we ventured into the tourist world of Wall Drugstore, the main attraction in the town, and the other stores on the mini main street. We wandered through stores, buying absolutely nothing…really, where would we put it. We spent the majority of our time looking at all if the old pictures. There were walls and walls of them, very cool. And watching people.
The world famous Wall Drugstore.The little tourist area around Wall Drug. I love the grain silos at the end.
That evening the predicted storm arrived. We stayed out on the balcony as long as we could with some fellow travelers watching it advance across the plains. It was really cool to see it start so far away and slowly make its way towards us. We definitely don’t get that in the northeast. And then it poured! And the wind blew! And the rain went sideways. It was a very grand storm, definitely not a night to be sleeping in the rooftop tent!
The poor little Rover weathered the storm quite well, only a few minor leaks.
Another night of storms arrived, so we ended up staying 2 nights…quite a luxury!
