Devils Tower and Sundance WY, Saturday 9 May 2015

On a recommendation from the waitress last night I headed for Devils Tower National Monument this morning. This place is famous for two main reasons - it is the first national monument in the US (thanks to Teddy Roosevelt in 1906), plus it featured in the movie - Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind. The place is quite special for Native Americans as well. I'd love to show you a photo I took, but the visibility was minimal and it was snowing. Bummer.

Getting was a test of nerves. Every mile or so I recalculated distances, the state of the weather and the road and where I could likely stay if the weather closed in.

The interstate speed limit was 80 (80!), but after trying this out, I thought 60-70 was probably safer, given the buffeting winds, the slick surface and the driving snow.

I ended up at the Best Western, Sundance WY, the place 'where the kid got his name'.

The snowstorm warning was enough to make me stay put for a while. My footsteps from the car to the hotel entrance.

After I checked in, the snow had built up quite a lot.