Continuing east, our first stop today was at Devils Tower. We took a few pictures as we drove in, and explored the visitors center before tackling the Red Beds Trail encircling the tower. This just under 3 mile trail took us about an hour to complete. Wifey was proud to complete the loop with an average speed of under 20 minutes per mile. A significant uphill section around the two mile mark almost prevented this but we persevered.
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| Where's Wifey!? |
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After hiking the trail, we stopped by Prairie Dog town to figure out what is so great about these "Prairie Dogs". Our pictures were not impressive. Just you wait, however, (SPOILER WARNING) ... we found more Prairie Dogs later in the trip and became obsessed!!
The Mt. Rushmore National Memorial included access to a pretty cool museum describing the efforts to build the memorial. Mr. Rushmore itself is huge and the viewing opportunities at such a distance that this visit was a tad disappointing. Hiking the cliffs or something similar would likely be more worth it, but isn't/wasn't an option.
We were able to see Crazy Horse from the road, but didn't actually access the site. It and Mt. Rushmore are on a circular audio tour of the area which we listed to as we drove and enjoyed the scenery.
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