Devil's Tower, Wyoming: Just Arrived

After an early start to get the RV to the service center this am and then a long day waiting for them to finish working on the RV, we finally headed off to Devil's Tower in Wyoming around 4 pm MST. Arrived two hours later and watched as the sun went down.

Pretty spectacular to see Devil's Tower as your are driving and realize you are still 20 miles away. Such a distinctive shape you would know it anywhere. At least if you've seen the move "Close Encounters of the Third Kind". It rises some 1267 feet into the air and it very impressive.

It is all that remains of an ancient volcano that had a lava 'lake' that did not erupt, the lava cooled, and over millions of years the volcano portion has been entirely eaten away due to erosion. All that's left if the solid 'cooled lava'.

In any case, the Devil's Tower KOA Campground shows the movie every evening at 9 pm for free. Kind of cool to be sitting in the (moon) shadow of Devil's Tower watching that great movie; especially since the tower itself is such a central part of the movie/mystery.

Tomorrow we hope to go exploring and get some better photos or at least from a closer/different perspective.

See Ya!