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Devil's Tower from a distance
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Although Bob wasn't overly enthusiastic about going into Wyoming to
Devil's Tower, I hadn't been there since our motorhoming days 25 years ago and he cheerfully included it in yesterday's itinerary. I have only one memory of that long ago visit. I overheard a bored teenage boy's comment as he resisted a family tour of the visitors' center, "Ya seen one visitor's center, ya seen them all" ~ words I've recalled with every visitors' center decision ever since.
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| Climbers |
Off we went, along I90 for part of the trip, soon onto smaller roads as we crossed the border into Wyoming. The unmistakable rock rose into the sky from a distance and I felt excited. Even from far away, the "stripes" in the rock were clearly visible.
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| Cute prairie dog |
We used Bob's National Parks Senior Pass to enter the park. We quite often enter National Parks, and while the money saved isn't really an issue, there's something about "free" that's always appealing. The facilities are a little primitive, but parking is good and benches outside the visitors' center provide a great view of the big rock.
Bob was adamant about getting a few shots of climbers for our rock climbing neighbor. I couldn't even
see the climbers so he took over my camera for a few minutes to get the pictures. We stayed around the national monument for about an hour and couldn't resist a stop to look at the prairie dogs before getting back on the road toward Custer, SD, our stop for the night.
I looked at the pictures before I read the blog, and even after I had read the caption "Climbers" i thought they were brightly coloured insects on a tree! BTW, now I have to Google why it is called Devil's Tower!
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