Sip and Walk Tour
We landed in Sundance Wyoming this afternoon…
Did a very fun and educational “Sip and Walk” tour of the town and learned lots of interesting history of the hard and Wild West.
Where else can you get a glass (er, make that a tin cup!) of Merlot poured straight from the Sheriff, lol!?
Ended the day with a delicious meal at Longhorn Saloon.
Devils Tower National Monument
“On the edge of Northeast Wyoming’s Bear Lodge Mountains, it soars 1,200 feet above the Belle Fourche (pronounced Bell Foosh) River. The igneous formation has drawn human admiration for centuries.”
And of course, while here one must watch the 1977 Steven Spielberg movie “Close Encounters of the Third Kind”.
Our last day in Sundance was an adventurous drive…
* visited the bustling town of Aladdin (population 15!).
* saw the fascinating Aladdin Tipple (site of a coal mine. Tipple was used to load the coal into trains).
* returned to Devils Tower to stop off at the Trading Post for ice cream and beer (guess who got what, lol) and admire the imposing landmark.
* took the road less traveled back to the Campground via Forest Service Road 847 through the Black Hills National Forest. (We really really need a high clearance 4×4 vehicle!). Very rewarding to see many free range cattle, deer, and even odd birds that we later identified as wild turkeys.
* Passed sooo very close to the Warren Peak Lookout Tower; the last mile was steep and rough, and with the sun going down we decided not to risk it.
Epic day indeed. Tomorrow we’re off to Gillette WY to attend an FMCA Rally.