Saturday, June 11, 2011
We departed from Horsethief Lake National Forest Campground at about 8 am enroute to Devil’s Tower National Monument in Wyoming. We traveled on Route 385 through Hill City and stopped at Pactola Reservoir looking for a place to eat breakfast. The water in the reservoir was so high that most of the picnic tables were in a foot or so of water, so we went on up the road to Roubaix Lake National Forest Campground. Eggs and pancakes were excellent as usual.
We continued on 385 to Deadwood, then 85 to I-90 and into Wyoming.
We arrived at Devil’s Tower National Monument at about 12:30 pm. After a stop inside the monument to photograph prairie dogs, we went to the VC for a passport book stamping session.
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| Cute little varmits |
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| Devil's Tower upclose |
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| Devil's Tower from the trading post |
Wilma had to ask for the 25th anniversary stamp which was not located with the rest of the stamps.
Once the stamping session was completed, we made a stop at the Devil’s Tower Trading Post just outside the monument to get an ice cream cone, and found their penny smasher. After smashing half a dozen pennies, we once again got on the interstate headed west. We exited I-90 at Buffalo and took route 16 toward Worland and Cody.
We are currently off grid again and settled in at the Lost Cabin Forest Service Campground at about 8200 feet and are expecting a cold night.
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| Wilma putting on the tablecloth |
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| What a great breakfast! |
We’ll do more hammering and chiseling tomorrow.
Good night.
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