Today, August 16th, was a double sightseeing day  We have now  been on this junket eactly two (2) full months and traveled combined mileage (RV & auto) of 14,695 miles!  Today we first headed to Jewel Cave National Monument and the cave tour tickets were sold out.  So after a trip to the visitor center and the displays, we jumped into Magellan II and headed for Devils Tower, Wyoming.  We arrived there and took the 1.3 mile base of the tower hike around the tower.  We both felt that we had accomplished a great feat, but our backsides were dragging.

The only photo we can show you from Jewel Cave....Just know that
it is the 2nd longest cave in the WORLD!!

Our first sight of Devils Tower

Devils Tower National Monument from the Visitor Center

Headed toward hiking trail, from southwest

Devils Tower is 837 feet tall & 1,000 feet in diameter (at the base).

Weathering taking place at the top

The area at the top is 1.5 acres

Prairie Dog Town, from the base at the south end

Souteast side

Over 5,000 crazy people climb to the top each year...here's one from today!

Here are two more crazy climbers

Eastside view

Northeast side....about half way around the base trail

North side of Devils Tower

Northwest side of Devils Tower

West side view of Devils Tower

Back to the start!

There are many Indian legends telling how Devils Tower came to be....
This painting depicts the legend Judy & John shared with their students each year.
7 sisters were playing near a tree stump with their brother...when suddenly brother turned into a bear
and tried to catch the 7 sisters.  They climbed on top of the stump & it grew up into the air.
The Bear clawed at the sides, but couldn't reach the girls....The7  girls went up into the
heavens and became the Little Dipper!

Prairie Dogs in Prairie Dog Town at the foot of Devils Tower

One little Prairie Dog sat up to tell us goodby!