Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Day 8 - Devils Tower ("Bear Lodge")


We arrived in Sundance and spent the night. We learned something interesting about Wyoming. We took a walk to a convenience store to buy some beer. You can only purchase alcohol in Wyoming bars, so we did with out.

We got up early and headed for Devils Tower. This is a huge monolith rising up from the Black Hills valley. The Belle Fourche River runs along it's base. It is 5,112' high, which is over 900' from it's base. The Kiowha legend tells of 8 children (7 sisters and a brother) playing in the forest. Suddenly, the boy is struck dumb and began growing claws and hair, while running on all fours. The terrified sisters ran, as the "Now Bear" brother, chased them. The sisters came to a very large stump, which spoke to them saying, "Climb up on me now!" The stump started growing upwards immediately, as the BEAR clawed all around the stump trying to reach them. The seven sister were then born into the sky and became the seven stars of the BIG DIPPER. Devils Tower is a very popular rock climbing challenge and there are over 200 routes to the top.

This magnificant pillar set in the Black Hills was established by Teddy Roosevelt in 1906 as America's 1st National Monument. We hiked around the base of this BIG ROCK and took many pictures. We saw many rock climbers and a giant BULL snake crossed our path. We also observed many examples of Native American prayer taliman's hanging from the trees, which stand for safety and good health.

Exiting from the park, we got to take a photo of the Mayor of Prairie Dog Town (see photo).

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4 comments:

Kimmers said...
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Kimmers said...

Holy crap, I hope you aren't considering climbing! I know you two get bugs for new challenges, PLEASE don't take on rock climbing. :)
Your loving "bossy" daughter

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