7/28/21 - Well the temp is lower today by 16 degrees, hit 97 and feels like a Spring day. Not really, but I'll take it. We headed out of South Dakota into Wyoming.

Just a couple hour drive so along the way we stopped at Sturgis, SD just before the border. Biker week is next week so lots of activity with vendors setting up. Harley Davidson who is sponsoring the week was busy with multiple tractor trailers to set up.

Wendy really wanted a Harley but had to settle for this.

Go figure just as we were about to leave a huge crowd showed up. So much fun!

Our real goal was to get to Devils Tower in Wy. We are camping at a KOA literally right outside the park entrance and have a view of Devils Tower from our camper. Noteworthy-this is the very first National Monument in the US, designated by President Roosevelt in 1906. The Tower rises 867 feet from its base and is some 312 feet taller than the Washington Monument in DC. And of course Close Encounters of the Third Kind was filmed here.

Pic of some of the debris from rocks that broke off. Luckily nothing plumented while we were there.

Prairie Dog town just inside the NP

Capped off the evening with a hay ride on a small portion of the 10,000 acre Camp Stool Ranch. Lots of whitetail deer (2 bucks) and a couple turkeys and horses were in view. Everynight the campground shows the movie Close Encounters of the Thrid Kind. Fun day!