Mile 1928 - Butte

A long day. We got up early in Spearfish, South Dakota this morning. Our only key stop was Devils Tower. We are currently in Butte, Montana after a little over 600 miles. Tomorrow our goal is to get to Glacier National Park and plan to check this park out on Friday. Traffic has been generally light although along the length of the Interstate there are numerous areas under construction but since traffic is light the impact is small. Also noticeable are the absence of children. South Dakota schools started last week and Wyoming and Montana this week. We have been told to expect the National Parks to be quiet.


Mile 1388 - Devils Tower

It's an old volcano revered by many of the Native American tribes. From the valley floor below the tower rises up about 1200 feet. We drove up to the base where the tower continues for about 800 feet.


Around the base of the tower is a walking trail that's about 1.2 miles long. It was a good chance for us to get some exercise so we grabbed the cameras and started walking. Along the way we came across this doe and fawn. It was a cool picture to take.


As you walk around the tower, you notice it is fluted with columns and as one column eventually tumbles there's another behind it. In this picture we have three climbers. One is barely visible at the base of the picture. As parents, we had a strong temptation to yell at these guys to get down before they got hurt.

The last picture is from the base of the tower looking away towards the valley below.

Sorry about the short report. Just one stop and a lot of miles.

Blog to you tomorrow,

The Travelers