Monday, September 25, 2006
Close Encounters of the Devil's Tower Kind
Not long after John and Sandy arrived, we decided to make the drive into Wyoming to visit Devil's Tower. It was something we all wanted to see while we were in this part of the country. It wasn't nearly as irrisistible an urge as the folks in the movie, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, experienced, but we really did want to go.
I think I could have sat for hours and watched crazy folks climb this mountain. But watching someone climb a mountain is a little bit like watching snow melt...you know it's going to happen, but it never seems quite fast enough.
Fortunately, one of my friends took some photos of some other folks climbing the Tower and shared them with me. So, I'll share them with all of you. If you look closely at the third photo, you will notice a small speck in the middle of the Tower. The next photo is a close-up of that same photo and you can just make out that it is a climber. Compare that to the first photo of the Tower and you can see what a long climb it is to the top. And speaking of the summit, it is said that the top of the Tower is an area the size of three football fields.
This first photo tells the myth and history of the Tower. It is still considered a sacred place for the Native Americans and many of the trees have colored prayer cloths tied to them.
Here's a photo of us enjoying the view. That John sure seems camera shy, doesn't he? Or maybe he was just mesmerized by the view.
I think I could have sat for hours and watched crazy folks climb this mountain. But watching someone climb a mountain is a little bit like watching snow melt...you know it's going to happen, but it never seems quite fast enough.
Fortunately, one of my friends took some photos of some other folks climbing the Tower and shared them with me. So, I'll share them with all of you. If you look closely at the third photo, you will notice a small speck in the middle of the Tower. The next photo is a close-up of that same photo and you can just make out that it is a climber. Compare that to the first photo of the Tower and you can see what a long climb it is to the top. And speaking of the summit, it is said that the top of the Tower is an area the size of three football fields.
This first photo tells the myth and history of the Tower. It is still considered a sacred place for the Native Americans and many of the trees have colored prayer cloths tied to them.
Here's a photo of us enjoying the view. That John sure seems camera shy, doesn't he? Or maybe he was just mesmerized by the view.
