Made it to Wind Cave National Park. Took a 10:30 tour through the main cave. The guide was a man in his 60’s with a big white beard who had a masters in geology. Everyone else in the tour was from a geology class from a college in Colorado on a field trip. They asked a lot of very detailed, specific questions to which the white-bearded guide gave just as detailed, specific answers. It was interesting to listen to because Joe and I heard more about caves than the average tour. I say heard because it would be incorrect to say learned. Think of watching a great sporting match on TV. You follow along, but don’t get any better at the sport. We followed along, enjoying the cave and were entertained by this intellectual sporting event.
Booking it back to Route 90, we made it farther West to Devils Tower. Devils Tower is the same geological feature that is in "Close Encournters of the Third Kind" Do do do do doooo. That one. I didn’t see any aliens, though I kept my eye out. This was my 2nd favorite spot on the trip. The tower was pretty impressive, and it was great to climb on all the rocks that were at the base. We saw climbers going up, crazy people. I almost caught a rabbit.
I went to the Devil's Tower when I was in my early teens with my family. I say "went", because I got in an argument with my older brother, and refused to get out of the motor home, saying "it was just another rock". It's one of my dad's favorite stories. Badlands were incredible, though. Wanted to become a photographer so I could capture their beauty.
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