Devil's Tower
Next morning we got up early, packed our bags and grabbed breakfast before heading on the last long road stage, 540 miles from Jackson to Deadwood. The weather was threatening rain as we pulled out of Jackson and we had not gone more than ten miles when we spotted three moose, probably the same ones from the day before, as well as more Elk. The rain caught up with us as we climbed into the mountains and just as I'd got used to driving in the snow again we hit a big set of roadworks that took away the road as well so when we weren't driving in snow we were driving on mud; fun. We eventually came across some stationary traffic and the couple in front let us know a lorry had spun out ahead; they were travelling together in convoy with one driving a car and one towing a horse box and they were great fun! First off they kindly offered us some Oreo cookies and then they had a quick snowball fight which we elected to avoid by staying in the car.
When the blockage was removed we headed off only to stop again in Dubois to top up the petrol tank and check out the giant jackalope and jackalope museum, a major source of revenue in Dubois. We stopped again some distance down the road for lunch at the Crazy Woman Restaurant in Ten Sleep (great place name) before finally arriving at Devil's tower in yet another new state, South Dakota. The Devil's Tower, which was featured in the film Close Encounters of the Third Kind, was very impressive and difficult to capture in a photograph but I must say that the black tailed prairie dogs in the grounds stole the show for us. The prairie dogs were not concerned by our presence at all and just continued grazing, yipping and greeting each other, in fact the only time they got upset was when a mule deer and calf trotted through their manor.
After a well deserved ice cream and in the failing light we headed off to our overnight stop in Deadwood. Being low on petrol we tried to find the local filling station which was very local and so unobtrusive we drove straight past it and had to ask directions to get back to it. Finally and very tired we arrived in the infamous Deadwood for a well deserved dinner and even more welcome bed.
When the blockage was removed we headed off only to stop again in Dubois to top up the petrol tank and check out the giant jackalope and jackalope museum, a major source of revenue in Dubois. We stopped again some distance down the road for lunch at the Crazy Woman Restaurant in Ten Sleep (great place name) before finally arriving at Devil's tower in yet another new state, South Dakota. The Devil's Tower, which was featured in the film Close Encounters of the Third Kind, was very impressive and difficult to capture in a photograph but I must say that the black tailed prairie dogs in the grounds stole the show for us. The prairie dogs were not concerned by our presence at all and just continued grazing, yipping and greeting each other, in fact the only time they got upset was when a mule deer and calf trotted through their manor.
After a well deserved ice cream and in the failing light we headed off to our overnight stop in Deadwood. Being low on petrol we tried to find the local filling station which was very local and so unobtrusive we drove straight past it and had to ask directions to get back to it. Finally and very tired we arrived in the infamous Deadwood for a well deserved dinner and even more welcome bed.
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