[LMB] OT: Wall Drug

[micki yamada]

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I said:>However, I don't think I actually bought much there besides a few 
candy
>bars, and some postcards. I don't know how they can survive . . .

Pete said: They have survived since 1931, although the highway signs didn't 
start going out until 1936.  They survived by offering free ice water to 
thirsty travelers, which was important in the un-air conditioned days of the 
Depression, to draw them into the store.

-- 
Regards, Pete

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I can see how they survived Back Then. I don't think they could do it today, 
what with radiators being better built, and bottled water being quite 
common. We *drank* some of that water -- our poor modern sensibilities were 
repulsed. I suppose if we had been really thirsty, it would have been better 
than sweet rain from heaven. However, I thought I detected a definite whiff 
of the other place . . . .

When we went up to the Black Hills, we went through Ogallala, and up past 
Chimney Rock. Coming back, we went through Wall, but I thought the route was 
less interesting. The Badlands were amazing, but I got bored after a bit. 
The other route had animals, and switchbacks and all sorts of fun stuff! Of 
course, if I had been driving, I probably would have appreciated the 
Badlands/Wall route more.

Micki