August 25,2010 South Dakota to Wyoming

We cross the Missouri and head west through the plains. Fields of sunflowers break up the corn and hay fields. Huge grain elevators and shiny, short, squat grain silos can be seen from the road. Black cattle stand out against the brown and green fields.

Coming out of Rapid City we pass a big billboard for Bob Dylan and Ozzy Ozborne performing at a campground in Sturgis, I think.

As we near Wyoming, bluffs turn red and the clear sky just accentuates the colors.

Off the interstate heading north to Devils Tower. Just amazing. Our campground is just outside the national monument, so we set up and head up. We see climbers on the rock. It is about 3:30 in the afternoon and climbers are heading out to go up and down today. The fastest time going up is 18 minutes. I cannot believe it.



We walked the Tower Trail around the perimeter. Glad we were there when it was only 85 degrees. Tomorrow expected to be 95. Stopped to take pictures of the prairie dogs. They are so cute.





We went back to the campground for dinner and returned at dusk to take sunset photos. Hoped the moon would rise near the Tower, but it was not to be.