Day 210 of a Year Long Road Trip Along America’s Scenic Byways
Devils Tower National Monument
After a slow start to the morning, VANilla, Petey, and I drove past miles of prairies and pasture lands before eventually arriving at Devils Tower National Monument. The towering rock formation stands 1,265 feet above the river level and dwarfs everything around it including ponderosa pines that surround its base.
According to scientists, the tower was formed when a mass of molten rock welled up within the earth’s crust, then cooled, and was later exposed by erosion. The mass looks as though it is made up of several columns.
ON THE ROAD AGAIN!
