2013 Yellowstone and Beyond - Part 4 - The Corn Fields

After leaving Hill City we passed hundreds of signs (no exaggeration) along the highway advertising Wall Drug. We decided to check it out. Well........it's more like a mall than a single store, taking up a large portion of the downtown. Dozens of stores, several cafés, entertainment areas and much more, make up this "store". It even had an indoor "street".

Next we stopped in Mitchell, SD to see the Corn Palace. If you've never heard of this, don't feel bad.  Sophie was the only one in our group who had.   It's used as an event center but the famous part is on the outside.

In areas on the front and side walls of the building, areas where pictures or a marque would be, there are murals/pictures made with corn cobs. 







It is like "paint by number" pictures.  Corn is grown specifically for this purpose.  The cobs are cut in half so that they will lay flat against the wall, then nailed on. This work was going on while we were there so we saw it in all stages.




Next stop on our must see list was the Winnebago Factory and Visitor Center in Forrest City, IA. We all thought it was very interesting and informative. The craftsmanship put into each unit just confirmed that we have the right motorhome.


Since there was "no room at the inn" so to speak at the Winnebago Campground, we chose to stay in the city park in Forrest City. Let me assure you, this was nothing like any park in our area. It was very nice and peaceful with a creek running through it and a golf course next door. 

We again decided not to travel on the weekend, so we took a car trip to nearby Osage for a fall festival called Autumn Artistry. We had seen it advertised on TV and knew it also included a car show. The "festival" part was on Main Street were we bought 2 yummy apple pies from the ladies auxiliary and apple butter from another booth.

We rode the shuttle wagon (pulled by a John Deere tractor) to the fairgrounds to see the car show where there were lots of beautiful classic cars.