Devils Tower

It was an unusual night, again.   A cold front was coming through and the wind that accompanied that shook us all night long. What sounded like ladders and trash cans and unknown objects of varying sizes hitting our RV turned out to be one little sewer cap that was swinging in the wind.  Tied that up and got some sleep, although the wind never died down.

We headed out west across the Belle Fourche into Wyoming, still having to grab the steering wheel tightly every now and then when a wind gust slammed us.   We spotted several wildfires on the horizon, along with heavy lift helos carrying water drop buckets.  As we got closer, we ended up driving through some very smoky valleys and draws, but never saw actual fire, firefighters or burned areas.  We passed the leading edge of the smoke and popped into blue skies and majestic vistas about 8 miles from our destination for the night.

We are camped less than 100 yards from the monument entrance at a very nice KOA with grass and cottonwood trees shading us.  Every night at 8 pm they play an outdoor movie...approriately it is always the same one, 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'.  Yep, we're going tonight.  We move off tomorrow morning into North Dakota.  We are roughing it tomorrow, camping in Theodore Roosevelt National Park.  No hookups, 😱.  Probably no cell service or wifi, either, so I'll add to the blog when next possible.