Travel....The Devil's Tower, Wyoming

The first time I saw the Devil's Tower, I was hunting Antelope.  

It way off in the distance, sort of hovering over the horizon. 

It seemed no matter where I went I could still see the Tower. 




I made up my mind to go see it someday.

After that fateful September 11, work fell away to nothing. 


I felt a strong need to get away from the world just for a little while. I had to sort things out. Road trips have always worked for me so I began planning. Always drawn to the west, I wanted to get back to the mountains, to a comfort area.


I drove to my old home base of Chama, New Mexico. After visiting friends I moved on to Shiprock and the Four Corners. After a couple days on the big Res I pushed off for The Devil's Tower. I would keep that promise from a few years before.

 As soon as the Tower comes into view something happens and you seem to lock in like tunnel vision. It's like the rock has a magnetic hold on your brain. Your jaw drops. 




Majestic is a good way to describe it. Maybe magic is more appropriate, the Indians think so.

A few years later my wife and I were on vacation in South Dakota. I couldn't wait to take her to see the Tower. She was as impressed as I had been. 


Apparently, Teddy Roosevelt was as excited about the tower because in 1906, he made the 865 foot, Devil's Tower, the nation's very first National Monument. 




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   I really don't know how to explain this place. It's as if the closer you get to the Tower the closer it seems to draw you in. There is something really special about the area. If you go maybe you'll see what I mean.




    

I know I said something similar to that earlier. It's hard for me not to emphasize the draw the tower has on people. go ! You'll see for yourself. 

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