Sheridan, WY. Day 2.

We started the day visiting Fort Phil Kearny. Not too much left of the fort as you will see (only a piece of the exterior fence), but its history was pretty awesome and so was the ranger that shared it with us. A super fun lady that made the story sound a million $.

It all was again about the search for gold while disrupting the lands of the native Americans and who was stronger than who. Sounds simple and plain but it actually is a story that repeats itself over and over again here and in many other places, and it's a very sad one.

                  

Not too much of a fort left, but without a doubt, an amazing view to compensate ;)

And then we went for lunch and this was our view. So pretty!
The food? Eh! 😞

After lunch I got a hold of a local paper and this was the piece of news that most attracted my attention. Want to know more about what happens at Sheridan, WY? Log on to www.thesheridanpress.com

After lunch, the storm approached us. Again. No scary weather alerts this time tough :)

And we arrived at Devils Tower, WY. And it was pouring rain. Lightning and thunder and all of that. And we stayed inside of the rv. And we couldn't see the amazing sky we were supposed to see here.
But the next day the sun came out and we enjoyed Devils Tower very much.
Enjoy the pics!

This is Devils Tower. This rock, named by the natives as Bears Home, and mistakenly translated by the translator of that time into Devils Tower. An amazing story that you could learn more of if you google it a bit. Thanks google! And thanks park ranger who gave us an amazing tour and explanation!

These red strings are put by the native Americans of the area when performing their religious ceremonies. You can see them all over the place. This is a sacred place for them.

At every National Park, there is a program called Junior Ranger. The objective is to get the kids involving in discovering and learning and this is how it works. Upon arrival to the park, the kids approach the information desk and ask the ranger for a junior ranger program. This is a booklet with a bit of history of the park and questions and games which guide the kids through the park and force them to learn about it. Once the child is done with the booklet, she goes back to the ranger, he checks it, stamps it, the kid says the "Junior Ranger Pledge" - this is what you see in this first picture- and then he gets a badge from the ranger. She is now a certified Junior Ranger of the park. A big honor.

This flower was sitting at the curve, right to were we park, and couldn't hold but taking a pic of it :)

And now, moving onto South Dakota, specifically, to the Geographical Center of the Nation.