Devil's Tower

In 1977 Steven Spielberg released "Close Encounters of the Third Kind". I remember liking the movie--and the five note musical theme that went with it often comes to mind when strange things occur. Part of the location shooting for that movie took place at Devil's Tower. If I remember correctly, it was when the space ship was landing.

When we awoke this morning, it was to a day that was rainy, dreary, and cold. I was immediately disappointed that we didn't go to the monument last night--because the picture taking would surely have been better. We decided to go anyway.

I was in awe. Perhaps it was because of the rain--everything was so misty and ethereal. There were not a lot of voices to intrude as we walked around the monument. There were huge boulders cast carelessly around the base, almost as if a giant toddler had a temper tantrum and tossed his marbles around his room. It wasn't just boulders, but whole columns that had fallen off the side a hundred or so years ago.

It was crazy amazing!