SouthDakota2008: Day 2 - Devil's Tower

On our first whole day in South Dakota we went across the border to Wyoming to see Devil's Tower National Monument. We were greeted by cold air and gusty wind. The sky was clear though and we had a marvelous time.

The night before, Grant, Liz, and Doug put a can of beans under Anne's air mattress. She slept without knowing it. Her status as "princess" is now in doubt. As, if she can't tell that a can of beans is under her mattress, how can she tell if a single pea is there?

Michele and Sammy were still back east at the funeral.

How Devil's Tower was created...so they say...

Devil's Tower today...

The Visitor Center we visited...

Grant, Diane, and Devil's Tower...

Paul and Doug help Paul's Mom up to the tower...

Liz and Anne...

Doug, Liz, Paul's Mom, Anne, and Paul's Dad...
...watch in amazement...
...as Paul climbs to the top of Devil's Tower...

Anne & Grant reading the Devil's Tower Times...

Liz, Doug, and Paul's Mom at the base of the tower...

Paul, his Sony HDR-CX7 camcorder...
...and his Manfrotto 585 Modosteady...

Paul's Mom does her best "Spielberg imitation"...