Okay, If you have seen close encounters you know what we are talking about by Devils Tower. If you haven't well it is a very cool tower out in the middle of no where. We decided to check it out because it sounded cool and it is only a two hour drive from us. We decided to go to Devils tower after we saw Mt. Rushmore because it was on our way back from there just 26 miles outside of a town called Gillette, Wyoming.
Here is the Tower.
There are two trails you can take around the tower. The first one here is a mile hike around the base. We took this one and it was so snowy that we were hiking in the snow. But it was fun and well worth it.
This trail is about a three mile hike. I think! It was so snow covered that you couldn't take this trail. But we are planning another trip in May so we will hopefully get to experience it then.
Here are Munster and Web at the base of the Tower.
This is where we took the picture of them.
This was a fun picture we took of the two of them. Munster wanted to go on the trail so bad. But I was afraid of slipping and falling so we told her we weren't going. But this lady and her 9 yar old daughter talked us into going. So that is why Munster is not happy in this picture. This was before we decided to take the trail.
Here we all are at the base.
Just around the tower to the right of us in the above picture, taking the trail there is a wonderful view. That is what this picture is of. I can only imagine what the view is from the top of the Tower.
These next two pictures show a ladder that a man built to climb the Tower. He was the first to make it to the top of the Tower. The ladder is still standing it is in the third crack from the left side of the picture. There are also people climing the tower just to the right of the ladder. The ladder is 350 feet tall, from the bottom to the top of the Tower. The man's wife climbed the ladder several years after he died to be the first woman to climb the tower.
There is a man coming down the Tower in the left side of this picture. He made it to the top and was coming back down. While we were sitting there.
These are some shots I took from the bottom of the tower around to the left side on the trail.
It was cool to see this. It was very fun to show the kids a great natural wonder.
Here is the Tower.
There are two trails you can take around the tower. The first one here is a mile hike around the base. We took this one and it was so snowy that we were hiking in the snow. But it was fun and well worth it. 
This trail is about a three mile hike. I think! It was so snow covered that you couldn't take this trail. But we are planning another trip in May so we will hopefully get to experience it then. 
Here are Munster and Web at the base of the Tower. 
This is where we took the picture of them. 
This was a fun picture we took of the two of them. Munster wanted to go on the trail so bad. But I was afraid of slipping and falling so we told her we weren't going. But this lady and her 9 yar old daughter talked us into going. So that is why Munster is not happy in this picture. This was before we decided to take the trail.
Here we all are at the base. 
Just around the tower to the right of us in the above picture, taking the trail there is a wonderful view. That is what this picture is of. I can only imagine what the view is from the top of the Tower. 
These next two pictures show a ladder that a man built to climb the Tower. He was the first to make it to the top of the Tower. The ladder is still standing it is in the third crack from the left side of the picture. There are also people climing the tower just to the right of the ladder. The ladder is 350 feet tall, from the bottom to the top of the Tower. The man's wife climbed the ladder several years after he died to be the first woman to climb the tower. 
There is a man coming down the Tower in the left side of this picture. He made it to the top and was coming back down. While we were sitting there. 
These are some shots I took from the bottom of the tower around to the left side on the trail. 
It was cool to see this. It was very fun to show the kids a great natural wonder.
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