After spending a day at the site of the Little Big Horn Battle we headed on out the next morning for Sundance, Wyoming to visit Devil's Tower. Sundance gets its name from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid who had something to do with the area, as for Devil's Tower I don't know how it got its name. The Indian legends all called the site the "bear's teepee". Many of you might recognize it from the movie "Close Encounter's of the Third Kind". It actually was the first official U.S. monument--so dedicated by President Teddy Roosevelt. A really great natural monument as the pictures show.
At the base of Devil's Tower is the largest prairie dog preserve in North America. Apparently, this small creature is found on only 2% of the land it previously shared with the buffalo and many other animals in the mid-west. For this reason the preserve was created.
Duffy got exhausted just thinking of all those Prairie Dogs running free and no one is allowed to chase them!!From here we head for South Dakota and Vicki's relatives.
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