Continuing on with tales from the west! On the second day of our trip we went to Devil’s Tower. On the way, we took a little detour and stopped in Belle Fourche, home to the Geographic Center of the Nation!
Except the actual geographic center is 8 miles away in the middle of a field which is private property. And right here is a tourist trap! There is also a little local museum, which was well done. Also in Belle Fourche, according to the internet, there was a yarn shop!
Except it was not a yarn shop, unless you were in the market for bales of raw wool. I think they must get a lot of visitors who were also misinformed, because I walked into the office, and the woman at the desk said “No. We are not a yarn shop.” But anyway – on to Devil’s Tower!
Devil’s Tower is truly amazing – so huge and just unique in the landscape. We did the hike around it to get to see it from all angles. There were even people climbing it the day we were there! You can see them on the top right photo. As we were making our way around, they started rappelling down the cliff face. It was really something to see.
Our next part of the adventure was the Badlands, so more about that soon!
Quite A Yarn 
They are crazy people!
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LOL! They definitely are!
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Very cool! I haven’t been to that part of the country (well, except a train trip from WA to Chicago, but there were no stops for tourist stuff). Devil’s Tower is the kind of thing I’d love to see, though. Looks very cool! (But I’m not a climber, so I’ll look at it from the bottom.)
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It is well worth going to see! And there are a surprising amount of things to see and do in the area. I wouldn’t climb it either.
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Wow I never heard of this place! You are making me want to go on my road trip again, ha!
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I bet you will get there again someday! I just always look for the most ridiculous nonsense available in an area and am seldom disappointed 🙂
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That is awesome!
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Thank you! It does take me to some interesting places 🙂
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