We made it to Devil's Tower National Monument Sunday, the first major stop of our cross country trip. No photograph can do the Tower justice. We rented a KOA Kamping Kabin for two nights. The porch has a direct view of the Tower. We are 200 yards from the park road entrance. A perfect location.
Our first day we drove into the park and up a thousand feet. We were able to take a 1.3 mile hike around the base of the Tower. Rock climbers were scaling the sheer cliffs. It was really geologically fascinating.
Today we got out and attempted to run the trails up to the Tower base. We ran .6 miles through a prairie dog village located in the park. They were "barking" at us and scurrying into their holes, often just a foot or two from the path. Then we got onto the main trail to go up, and up and up. The path was single track. We were worried about ticks, but mainly the signs warning about rattlers.
After a half mile when the path narrowed and the grass was higher our bravery disappeared, proving once again I am not a real trail guy. We ended up with a nice 4 mile run though, so that was good.
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