We walked around Devils Tower, I figured it was the plug of a volcano but according to the information its actually deep down in an old vocano at one point it was hundrds of feet under ground and the ground has just erroded around it. There were some climbers climbing too which look extreamly difficult. We now headed into South Dakota and the Black Hills. We first stopped at Jewel cave, but could only take the 20 minute tour cause we missed the longer one. It is suppose to be the second largest cave in the world. We then headed over to Wind Cave, but due to some donkeys in the road it took forever. These things wouldnt move they were so friendly they walked up to the car and poked there nose thru the windows. They were very pretty and healthy, not sure if you could consider them wild.
But that was interseting. At Wind Cave we took the tour down the natural entrace, that was a treat. There is a tiny hole that is the natural entrance but at some point they made one with a door so we went in there. You walk down a narrow passage that slowly progresses down with stairs too. While in there the ranger turned off the light and showed us the old candle, amazing how much light it does give off. Then she blew that out. And wow is it dark, no light what so ever. Very strange. The tour was about 1hr and 15 minutes. Very cool they are the 4th biggest cave in the world. We drove the scenic route to mount rushmore about 10 miles an hour around constant U turns and narrow one lane tunnels. After that we headed for the BadLands for the night.
We walked around Devils Tower, I figured it was the plug of a volcano but according to the information its actually deep down in an old vocano at one point it was hundrds of feet under ground and the ground has just erroded around it. There were some climbers climbing too which look extreamly difficult. We now headed into South Dakota and the Black Hills. We first stopped at Jewel cave, but could only take the 20 minute tour cause we missed the longer one. It is suppose to be the second largest cave in the world. We then headed over to Wind Cave, but due to some donkeys in the road it took forever. These things wouldnt move they were so friendly they walked up to the car and poked there nose thru the windows. They were very pretty and healthy, not sure if you could consider them wild. 
But that was interseting. At Wind Cave we took the tour down the natural entrace, that was a treat. There is a tiny hole that is the natural entrance but at some point they made one with a door so we went in there. You walk down a narrow passage that slowly progresses down with stairs too. While in there the ranger turned off the light and showed us the old candle, amazing how much light it does give off. Then she blew that out. And wow is it dark, no light what so ever. Very strange. The tour was about 1hr and 15 minutes. Very cool they are the 4th biggest cave in the world. We drove the scenic route to mount rushmore about 10 miles an hour around constant U turns and narrow one lane tunnels. After that we headed for the BadLands for the night.
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