We left the South Dakota area today after seeing some of the tourist trap shopping places in Keystone. We rode the alpine slide and I think I was the fastest one on the track. Afterwards, drove to Devil's Tower National Monument and hiked around the base. The rock formations on the Tower are very unusual and I found the hike around the base. There is one place where you can actually touch the base and Lincoln and I both touched it. The others just walked on by. Of course no hike with the Wallis kids would be complete without some off-trailing on the huge boulders that had fallen off around the base. We made it with no injuries. One small problem for Lincoln though, no cell phone signal. We were all so sad. We tried to get a family photo with the tripod. It proved to be quite challenging as there was no quick way to get from the camera to the rest of the family. However, I had been studying the ways of the longhorn sheep that we observed and on the third try I had success to the applause of about 15 bystanders who thought it was hilarious.
Some notes about Wyoming. There isn't much out here. They have railroad gates on the interstate so they can close the road. Cattle grates grace the exit of every interstate ramp. And lastly, every road is named for a creek such as Crazy Woman Creek, Indian Creek, Dead Horse Creeek, Prairie Dog Creek, etc.
Today we cross the Big Horn mountains...
3 comments:
sounds like some real action Im just excited to b able to pull this up on my new phone ha james ur a runt in the family ha karen
Sounds like another fun day. Good pic for all your trouble-ha Aunt aren has 6 cute puppies that are 5 weeks old so she is bringing yours the day you get back from your trip!
Vera
The Wallis' get a new puppy - that is the best news all week. Maybe you can name it Little Big Horn or something.
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