Gillette, WY to Gillette,
WY
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"Is the whole trail uphill?" [unknown tourist at Devil's Tower]
"No, it's rolling." [Mike Weston, in response, repeating David
Blair's most frequent description of ride terrain]
Today was the rest day following week 3, the biggest part of which was spent in a field trip to Devil's Tower (which you may recognize from Close Encounters of the Third Kind). We also searched for PowerBars, finding some at Alberson's for 99 cents each, where Mark Bazerman also found some Ben & Jerry's ice cream.
The sign describing Devil's Tower:
From a distance:
Getting closer:
Prarie dogs (and prarie puppies, I guess you'd call them) in the vicinity:
I think there were rock climbers in this shot, but I'm not sure where
they are:
This is more representative of the view of the tower along the hike:
And one final shot for good measure:
