I sit here with a view of Devils Tower from my campsite. How cool is that? For those of you close to my age you will remember "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" from the 70's. Great movie, saw it on a big screen in downtown Philly. I knew then that I would want to see it for real.
As we drove up the highway and could see it growing larger the closer we got I realized how enormous it really is. Walking around the base of it was a humbling experience. This is a sacred site to the Native Americans and there were signs not to disturb the prayer bundles and cloths tied to trees.
Again, pictures do not do it justice; you have to be at the base and look up to totally understand and feel the power of the earth. The time of day and direction of the lighting impacts the view as it does in the Badlands and Grand Canyon. I woke early today to see it in the early sunlight. I hope to stay up tonight late enough to see if the stellar show is equally impressive.
They show the movie every night at 9 at an outdoor venue here at the park. The movie was filmed here at the campground as well as on the Tower. Skip has never seen it so we just might go...
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