On the home stretch — 7-hour drive to see Wyoming’s Devil’s tower. Devils Tower National Monument, a unique and striking geologic wonder steeped in Native American legend, is a modern-day national park and climbers’ challenge. The Tower is a solitary, stump-shaped granite formation that looms 1,267 feet above the tree-lined Belle Fourche River Valley, like a skyscraper in the country. Once hidden below the earth’s surface, erosion has stripped away the softer rock layers revealing the Tower.

Last stop of the day was a viewing of Mount Rushmore and its Evening Lighting Ceremony.

On our 10th day and last of site seeing we returned to Mount Rushmore to tour the grounds and watch its documentary movies. Finally, a quick stop at the Crazy Horse Memorial in South Dakota, then on to Denver for our flight home.

Hope you enjoyed our adventure.