Wally World does stock a 6.5 x 24 Fiskars ruler think it's around $10. It's not bad, if you like pink. It seems to hold up well, it was the first ruler we bought 4 years ago, and it's still going strong.
I understand what you are saying about getting there. We live 8 miles outside of town and WM is on the other side of town takes about 25 minutes to get there. We've got you on Joann's, our closest one is only an hour and a half away.