George Washington
We parked in downtown Rapid City with intentions of eating ‘Linner’ at one of the restaurants there. Note: this downtown area is a pay for parking area. You can use coins or credit card to park. The Italian restaurant we were interested in was not going to open until 5pm. We tried another restaurant but it was not good for us after a busy day of traveling and sight seeing (too loud and noisy and fried). Downtown Rapid City has a unique tourist feature with the Presidents of the United States memorialized on every corner. We were only able to photograph a few of them. This would be an amazing teaching moment for your homeschooled students or any students.
John Quincy Adams
James Monroe
William Howard Taft
Harry S. Truman
Lyndon B. Johnson
Ronald Reagon
George Bush
We said our adieus to Rapid City and got on to I-90 heading to Wall, South Dakota where we would have dinner at the Red Rock in Wall and spend the night. It was a down home restaurant with down home service and menu. We made it there in time to enjoy a seat next to a couple of gals who were traveling home from Pennsylvania to Oregon and who were originally from Southern California as are Dear and Me! A wonderful serendipitous meeting with enjoyable conversation.
All along the road to Wall you’ll see these signs every few miles reminding or enticing you to stop in Wall!
We stayed the night in a cabin in Wall at Frontier Cabins.
We filled up with gasoline at a Shell station just off of I-90 at $3.159 a gallon. Our lodging at the cabin with tax cost us $119.90.
We were ready to leave the following morning before dawn to discover and enjoy the Badlands. These cabins were on the highway that leads you to the west entrance to the Badlands loop.
It was a full and draining day but good. South Dakota has a lot to offer and we could have spent more than one night to enjoy all the area has to offer.
The Happy Wonderer ~ ellen b. 
That is so neat about the statues of our country’s presidents! Love the cabin you stayed in❤️
Blessings,
Aimee
…I’ve seen Wall Drug bumper stickers for years!
Hello,
The statues are wonderful. I like the cute cabin, I am glad you found a nice place to eat.
Take care, enjoy your day!
Great pictures! Blessings!
The statutes are great, loved the cabin, Ellen, Happy you were able to find a restaurant! take care and enjoy making memories.
Sue
Rapid City is a wonderful town! I love all the statues on Main Street. It’s nice to meet people you have a lot in common with on the road. Everyone always picks out our accents and know we are from NY..lol
We missed going to Walls Drug Store–next time we travel up to SD we will have to do that as I heard it’s a fun place to visit.
Pat, Wall Drug is quite eclectic a fun tourist trap on steroids.
Ellen, it has never occurred to me visit there, but you have planted the idea now! What a fun trip!
The cabin looks very comfortable and cozy.
So nice to see all the presidents!
What a great cabin.
Ellen – your road trip reminds me so much of the trip that my hubby and son made a year and a half ago when moving our son from Ohio to Montana – they loved their stop in Wall!
You sure covered a lot of interesting places! Isn’t it fun to see where you will be staying the night on these trips? That cabin is very cozy looking.