Marathon Roadtrip 2024, State #7

Leaving the state of South Dakota, we found ourselves in Wyoming. Our home for two nights was  Belle Fourche River Campground.

You can see we are near the Devils Tower National Monument. And that is why we are here. You may remember it from the movie, Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

The 2-mile hike (can it be called a hike if it is paved and has benches for breaks?)

provided lots of information about the rock formation and Native American Spiritual practices.

Located near our campground was the Circle Wind Sculpture.

 Like the other tourists, (of which there were many) we were fascinated with the climbers.

The campground is ‘first come, first served.’ Knowing this, the planner (aka Captain) had us arriving shortly after the check-in time. When we checked in there were only about 1/2 dozen rigs, by sundown the 45 sites were full. Good planning, Captain! Although the  campground was full it was remarkably quiet, and due do to the lack of electricity, very dark. Yes, we slept very well.

Our evening entertainment consisted of walking around the campground conversing with other travelers and looking at the various configurations of camping styles and rigs.

                     

Although we didn’t have an opportunity to meet the occupants of these RVs, our camp hosts said they were from Europe and Australia. He explained Europeans and Australians often ship their rigs to the continent, usually starting in Canada or Alaska and traveling 5-6 months throughout the states, Mexico and beyond. These appeared to be young families traveling together.

If we became bored, we could drive up the road a bit and watch the prairie dogs.

With four straight nights of boondocking we were pleased to have an abundance of sun to power our solar panels, providing electricity for lights, refrigeration and other modern necessities. 

We are now headed to a campground with full hook-ups!