We are at the Devil's Tower KOA, where much of the filming for the movie was done. Every night at sundown they show the movie on an outdoor screen. Last night thunder and lightening storms were all over, so I dug our old video copy out and we watched in the rv. We got here early afternoon, set up and went to the National Park. They have a trail at the base which is located at the edge of the boulder field, that goes all the way around the tower. It's quite something and worth a stop if you're in the area. The walk is 1.3 miles and the path is paved, so it's an easy walk. (At Pompey's Pillar, I'd run up quite a few of the stairs to the top for a little exercise, and yesterday had to take Advil to go on the walk.) After that, we took a drive around the local area, which is partly in the Black Hills National Forest, and ended up on a 30 mile gravel road on which we saw one other car and a couple of ranches.
Today is one of my favorite days. It's Father's Day, but just as importantly, it's the final day of the US Open golf tournament. We'll move over to Hill City, SD, and the Mt Rushmore area, where our campground has cable hook up, and I shall sit my butt down and watch to see if Tiger can win another Open before he's a father.
We spoke to Dana's cousin Tom a couple days ago and he and his wife, Joyce, are on a trip including a reenactment of Custer's Last Stand and up to the Callgery Stampede. As fate would have it, they are staying in the same RV park in Hill City that we are. There must be a hundred spots in that area to choose from, so it's quite a coincidence. At any rate, we'll have company for a few days over there.
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