{"id":8188,"date":"2023-09-23T22:59:55","date_gmt":"2023-09-23T14:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/?p=8188"},"modified":"2024-10-21T09:00:05","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T01:00:05","slug":"20230923spearfish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/23\/20230923spearfish\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 5 of Autumn 2023 Trip to Mountain States, Spearfish Canyon and Devil&#8217;s Tower"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The fifth day of my autumn 2023 trip to the mountain states. I left Rapid City today heading for Wyoming, watched foliage and waterfalls in Spearfish Canyon and checked out Devils Tower.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8383.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8383.jpg\" alt=\"Devils Tower\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Devils Tower<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/splide.min.2.4.21.js\"><\/script>\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/splide-skyblue.min.css\">\n<script>\ndocument.addEventListener( 'DOMContentLoaded', function () {\n\tvar secondarySlider1 = new Splide( '#splide-thumb-1', {\n\t\tfixedWidth:100,height:75,gap:10,\n\t\tfocus:'center',keyboard:'focused',\n\t\tcover:true,isNavigation:true,\n\t\tbreakpoints 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And nowhere was this more obvious than how I planned this day:<\/span> Today, I would first check out Spearfish Canyon and then Devils Tower, before spending the night in Guernsey, WY.<\/p>\n<p>My day got off to a late start as I was reluctant to get out of bed this morning. Adding that I had to pack up to leave the Airbnb room that I stayed in for the last three nights, I wasn&#8217;t on my way until 9:30am. After grabbing breakfast at the town of Sturgis, I headed west towards Spearfish Canyon.<\/p>\n<p>Along the way, I first passed the town of Deadwood. Named by early settlers after the dead trees found in its gulch, the town was the center of Black Hills Gold Rush during the 1870s. And since the gold miners were doing so illegally under the 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie, it shouldn&#8217;t be surprising that the town developed a reputation for lawlessness. But if one looked back nowadays, that lawlessness to some degree felt legendary, a perfect exemplification of the &#8220;wild west&#8221;. And probably because of that, the gold-rush era architecture was still preserved and the town designated as a National Historic Landmark District.<\/p>\n<p>Since I was in a hurry for the day, I didn&#8217;t stop in the town of Deadwood. Instead, I continued towards Lead, SD, just minutes away.<\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"Homestake_Mine_Sanford_Research_Lab\">Homestake Mine \/ Sanford Research Lab<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>If Deadwood represented an anarchic state of the gold rush, Lead on the contrary was organized and practiced. Lead was founded as a company town by Homestake Mining Company. Looking at its satellite image, one could easily spot a giant open cut that&#8217;s literally the same size of the town. Underneath the cut was a network of tunnels that went as deep as 8000 feet (~2400 m).<br \/>\nPoor ore quality and high operational costs meant the mine ceased operation in 2001. However, the deep underground tunnels turned out to be a suitable site for scientific research. The most notable of which was the Homestake experiment, conducted in the 1970s at 4850 ft beneath the surface, where solar neutrinos were first experimentally observed. Later this experiment won the Nobel Prize in 2002. A section of the experimental tanks was on public display (p5 below). Nowadays, a visitor center was built on the edge of the open cut, with views of the open cut and information display of the underground experiments.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-1\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/20230923_110533.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/20230923_110533.jpg\" alt=\"Open Cut of Homestake Mine\" \/><\/a><\/br>Open Cut of Homestake Mine<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/20230923_110542.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/20230923_110542.jpg\" alt=\"Grains of Rocks\" \/><\/a><\/br>Grains of Rocks<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/20230923_110550.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/20230923_110550.jpg\" alt=\"Open Cut of Homestake Mine\" \/><\/a><\/br>Open Cut of Homestake Mine<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/20230923_105737C9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/20230923_105737C9.jpg\" alt=\"Model of Underground Structure of Homestake Gold Mine\" \/><\/a><\/br>Model of Underground Structure of Homestake Gold Mine<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/20230923_110438.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/20230923_110438.jpg\" alt=\"Elevator Car Used to Access Underground Mine\" \/><\/a><\/br>Elevator Car Used to Access Underground Mine<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/20230923_111349.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/20230923_111349.jpg\" alt=\"Ring Section from Tank Used in Homestake Experiment\" \/><\/a><\/br>Ring Section from Tank Used in Homestake Experiment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-1\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20230923_110533.jpg\" alt=\"Open Cut of Homestake Mine\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20230923_110542.jpg\" alt=\"Grains of Rocks\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20230923_110550.jpg\" alt=\"Open Cut of Homestake Mine\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20230923_105737C9.jpg\" alt=\"Model of Underground Structure of Homestake Gold Mine\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20230923_110438.jpg\" alt=\"Elevator Car Used to Access Underground Mine\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20230923_111349.jpg\" alt=\"Ring Section from Tank Used in Homestake Experiment\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-1, #splide-thumb-1 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/20230923_110533.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/20230923_110533.jpg\" alt=\"Open Cut of Homestake Mine\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Open Cut of Homestake Mine<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/20230923_110542.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/20230923_110542.jpg\" alt=\"Grains of Rocks\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Grains of Rocks<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/20230923_110550.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/20230923_110550.jpg\" alt=\"Open Cut of Homestake Mine\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Open Cut of Homestake Mine<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/20230923_105737C9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/20230923_105737C9.jpg\" alt=\"Model of Underground Structure of Homestake Gold Mine\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Model of Underground Structure of Homestake Gold Mine<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/20230923_110438.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/20230923_110438.jpg\" alt=\"Elevator Car Used to Access Underground Mine\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Elevator Car Used to Access Underground Mine<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/20230923_111349.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/20230923_111349.jpg\" alt=\"Ring Section from Tank Used in Homestake Experiment\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Ring Section from Tank Used in Homestake Experiment<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Outside the visitor center, some equipment from the Homestake Mine was on display.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-2\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/20230923_111828.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/20230923_111828.jpg\" alt=\"Locomotive 1A for Homestake Mining Company\" \/><\/a><\/br>Locomotive 1A for Homestake Mining Company<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Purchased in 1928, in use until 1961, powered by compressed air.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/20230923_111727.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/20230923_111727.jpg\" width=\"97%\" alt=\"Double Drum Hoist for Homestake Mining Company\" \/><\/a><\/br>Double Drum Hoist for Homestake Mining Company<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Two sets of cables for cargo and counterweight. This was a smaller hoist that was mostly used for exploration rather than standard mining operation.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/20230923_111627.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/20230923_111627.jpg\" width=\"97%\" alt=\"Shaft Hoist Gear\" \/><\/a><\/br>Shaft Hoist Gear<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">In use from 1950 to 1994 for one of the two main shafts. One can easily tell this was larger than the previous hoist.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/20230923_111611.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/20230923_111611.jpg\" width=\"62%\" alt=\"Pelton Water Wheel for Homestake Mining Company\" \/><\/a><\/br>Pelton Water Wheel for Homestake Mining Company<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">With the buckets shaped to suit the high-pressure low-volume waterflow in western US. This water wheel was used by Hydroelectric Plant No.2 in Spearfish Canyon until 1978. (Plant No.1 was still in use today.)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-2\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20230923_111828.jpg\" alt=\"Locomotive 1A for Homestake Mining Company\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20230923_111727.jpg\" alt=\"Double Drum Hoist for Homestake Mining Company\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20230923_111627.jpg\" alt=\"Shaft Hoist Gear\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20230923_111611.jpg\" alt=\"Pelton Water Wheel for Homestake Mining Company\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-2, #splide-thumb-2 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/20230923_111828.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/20230923_111828.jpg\" alt=\"Locomotive 1A for Homestake Mining Company\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Locomotive 1A for Homestake Mining Company<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Purchased in 1928, in use until 1961, powered by compressed air.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/20230923_111727.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/20230923_111727.jpg\" alt=\"Double Drum Hoist for Homestake Mining Company\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Double Drum Hoist for Homestake Mining Company<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Two sets of cables for cargo and counterweight. This was a smaller hoist that was mostly used for exploration rather than standard mining operation.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/20230923_111627.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/20230923_111627.jpg\" alt=\"Shaft Hoist Gear\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Shaft Hoist Gear<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">In use from 1950 to 1994 for one of the two main shafts. One can easily tell this was larger than the previous hoist.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/20230923_111611.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/20230923_111611.jpg\" alt=\"Pelton Water Wheel for Homestake Mining Company\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Pelton Water Wheel for Homestake Mining Company<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">With the buckets shaped to suit the high-pressure low-volume waterflow in western US. This water wheel was used by Hydroelectric Plant No.2 in Spearfish Canyon until 1978. (Plant No.1 was still in use today.)<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"Spearfish_Canyon\">Spearfish Canyon<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>After leaving the visitor center of Sanford Lab, I headed towards Spearfish Canyon.<br \/>\nOverall, I would say this was a lovely canyon, especially its higher elevation parts in a palette of colors as foliage started to arrive. Lower down the canyon though it was still mostly green. The higher elevation parts also featured exposed rocks up along the canyon cliffs, giving it a proper canyon feeling, so it&#8217;s a constantly enjoyable sight to drive through.<\/p>\n<p>Below is a timelapse video from my windshield-mounted GoPro, recording my drive from Sturgis, through downtown Deadwood and Lead and later Spearfish Canyon.<\/p>\n<p><video controls width=\"100%\" poster=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/Spearfish_Thumb.jpg\" preload=\"none\"><source src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/Spearfish_Canyon_2160p30_H265_14Mbps.mp4\"><\/video><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">11 minutes and 26 seconds, 2160p30fps, H265 only, 14Mbps\/1.26MB, playback speed between 4x and 8x.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left;line-height: 100%\">\n<li>0:00 The video start not long after leaving Sturgis, along US 14A.<\/li>\n<li>1:30 Entering historic Main Street of Deadwood.<\/li>\n<li>2:50 Leaving Deadwood, heading towards Lead.<\/li>\n<li>3:47 Visitor Center for Sanford Lab, overlooking the open cut.<\/li>\n<li>5:45 Entering Spearfish Canyon near &#8220;Cheyenne Crossing&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>7:10 Arriving at the parking lot for Spearfish Falls. The recording continues from the parking lot of Roughlock Falls.<\/li>\n<li>8:00 Back to Spearfish Canyon.<\/li>\n<li>9:23 Trailhead to Devils Bathtub, also remains of Homestake Mining Company Hydroelectric Plant No.2.<\/li>\n<li>10:02 Parking Lot for Bridal Veil Falls.<\/li>\n<li>10:16 Some mountain goats along the road.<\/li>\n<li>The video ends as I approached the town of Spearfish.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><span id=\"Spearfish_Falls\">Spearfish Falls<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>The first stop that I made was Spearfish Falls, at a place called &#8220;Savoy&#8221; on the maps. (I could have made an additional stop at Old Spearfish Creek Dam earlier.) Despite its name, the waterfall was actually along &#8220;Little Spearfish Creek&#8221; before it merged into &#8220;Spearfish Creek&#8221;. From the parking lot, a short trail led down to the river with views of the waterfall.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-3\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8300.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8300.jpg\" alt=\"Spearfish Falls\" \/><\/a><\/br>Spearfish Falls<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8297.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8297.jpg\" alt=\"Spearfish Falls\" \/><\/a><\/br>Spearfish Falls<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8301.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8301.jpg\" alt=\"Spearfish Falls\" \/><\/a><\/br>Spearfish Falls<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8295.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8295.jpg\" alt=\"Spearfish Creek\" \/><\/a><\/br>Spearfish Creek<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8296.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8296.jpg\" alt=\"Spearfish Creek\" \/><\/a><\/br>Spearfish Creek<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-3\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8300.jpg\" alt=\"Spearfish Falls\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8297.jpg\" alt=\"Spearfish Falls\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8301.jpg\" alt=\"Spearfish Falls\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8295.jpg\" alt=\"Spearfish Creek\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8296.jpg\" alt=\"Spearfish Creek\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-3, #splide-thumb-3 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the Spearfish Falls.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8300.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8300.jpg\" alt=\"Spearfish Falls\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Spearfish Falls<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8297.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8297.jpg\" alt=\"Spearfish Falls\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Spearfish Falls<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8301.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8301.jpg\" alt=\"Spearfish Falls\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Spearfish Falls<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8295.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8295.jpg\" alt=\"Spearfish Creek\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Spearfish Creek<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8296.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8296.jpg\" alt=\"Spearfish Creek\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Spearfish Creek<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<h4><span id=\"Roughlock_Falls\">Roughlock Falls<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Following &#8220;Little Spearfish Creek&#8221; upstream, one entered another canyon that in my opinion felt narrower. &#8220;Roughlock Falls&#8221; were located one mile into that canyon. The road (Roughlock Falls Road) in that canyon was unpaved, and riddled with potholes, so should be taken with caution. After that, Roughlock Falls could be accessed through a short trail from its parking lot.<\/p>\n<p>Roughlock Falls could be viewed from an upper overlook (p1 below), lower overlook (p4 below), or along the trail to the lower overlook (p2-3 below). I sort of felt the views along the trail were the best.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-4\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8308.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8308.jpg\" width=\"89%\" alt=\"Roughlock Falls\" \/><\/a><\/br>Roughlock Falls<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8310.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8310.jpg\" width=\"89%\" alt=\"Roughlock Falls\" \/><\/a><\/br>Roughlock Falls<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/20230923_124542.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/20230923_124542.jpg\" alt=\"Roughlock Falls\" \/><\/a><\/br>Roughlock Falls<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8317.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8317.jpg\" width=\"89%\" alt=\"Roughlock Falls\" \/><\/a><\/br>Roughlock Falls<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-4\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8308.jpg\" alt=\"Roughlock Falls\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8310.jpg\" alt=\"Roughlock Falls\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20230923_124542.jpg\" alt=\"Roughlock Falls\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8317.jpg\" alt=\"Roughlock Falls\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-4, #splide-thumb-4 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the Roughlock Falls.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8308.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8308.jpg\" alt=\"Roughlock Falls\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Roughlock Falls<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8310.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8310.jpg\" alt=\"Roughlock Falls\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Roughlock Falls<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/20230923_124542.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/20230923_124542.jpg\" alt=\"Roughlock Falls\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Roughlock Falls<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8317.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8317.jpg\" alt=\"Roughlock Falls\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Roughlock Falls<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>One also got some proper canyon views among great foliage.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-5\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8311.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8311.jpg\" alt=\"Little Spearfish Creek in Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Little Spearfish Creek in Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8318.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8318.jpg\" alt=\"Canyon Walls\" \/><\/a><\/br>Canyon Walls<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8307.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8307.jpg\" alt=\"Canyon Walls\" \/><\/a><\/br>Canyon Walls<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8316.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8316.jpg\" alt=\"Little Spearfish Creek and Roughlock Falls\" \/><\/a><\/br>Little Spearfish Creek and Roughlock Falls<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/20230923_124817.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/20230923_124817.jpg\" width=\"83.5%\" alt=\"Little Spearfish Creek\" \/><\/a><\/br>Little Spearfish Creek<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Next to a foot bridge, a vantage spot to watch the fish.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-5\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8311.jpg\" alt=\"Little Spearfish Creek in Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8318.jpg\" alt=\"Canyon Walls\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8307.jpg\" alt=\"Canyon Walls\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8316.jpg\" alt=\"Little Spearfish Creek and Roughlock Falls\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20230923_124817.jpg\" alt=\"Little Spearfish Creek\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-5, #splide-thumb-5 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8311.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8311.jpg\" alt=\"Little Spearfish Creek in Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Little Spearfish Creek in Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8318.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8318.jpg\" alt=\"Canyon Walls\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Canyon Walls<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8307.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8307.jpg\" alt=\"Canyon Walls\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Canyon Walls<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8316.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8316.jpg\" alt=\"Little Spearfish Creek and Roughlock Falls\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Little Spearfish Creek and Roughlock Falls<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/20230923_124817.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/20230923_124817.jpg\" alt=\"Little Spearfish Creek\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Little Spearfish Creek<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Next to a foot bridge, a vantage spot to watch the fish.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>In addition, near both of the waterfalls, I could easily spot some fish (trout?) in the water. Maybe that had something to do with the fish hatchery down the stream?<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-6\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8314C11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8314C11.jpg\" alt=\"Fish in Water\" \/><\/a><\/br>Fish in Water<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">From the trail to Roughlock Falls.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8312C11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8312C11.jpg\" alt=\"Fish in Water\" \/><\/a><\/br>Fish in Water<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">From the trail to Roughlock Falls.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8304C10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8304C10.jpg\" alt=\"Fish in Water\" \/><\/a><\/br>Fish in Water<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Earlier from the trail to Spearfish Falls.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-6\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8314C11.jpg\" alt=\"Fish in Water\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8312C11.jpg\" alt=\"Fish in Water\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8304C10.jpg\" alt=\"Fish in Water\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-6, #splide-thumb-6 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the fish in river.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8314C11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8314C11.jpg\" alt=\"Fish in Water\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Fish in Water<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">From the trail to Roughlock Falls.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8312C11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8312C11.jpg\" alt=\"Fish in Water\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Fish in Water<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">From the trail to Roughlock Falls.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8304C10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8304C10.jpg\" alt=\"Fish in Water\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Fish in Water<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Earlier from the trail to Spearfish Falls.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>On my way out, I made a stop to check out Little Spearfish Creek, where the weeds seemed to form their own islands in the river (p1-2 below), amid the appealing foliage.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-7\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8321.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8321.jpg\" alt=\"Little Spearfish Creek\" \/><\/a><\/br>Little Spearfish Creek<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8323.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8323.jpg\" alt=\"Little Spearfish Creek\" \/><\/a><\/br>Little Spearfish Creek<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8324.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8324.jpg\" alt=\"Road in Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Road in Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/20230923_130029C9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/20230923_130029C9.jpg\" alt=\"Road in Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Road in Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8292.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8292.jpg\" alt=\"Wall of Spearfish Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Wall of Spearfish Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8293.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8293.jpg\" alt=\"Wall of Spearfish Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Wall of Spearfish Canyon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-7\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8321.jpg\" alt=\"Little Spearfish Creek\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8323.jpg\" alt=\"Little Spearfish Creek\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8324.jpg\" alt=\"Road in Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20230923_130029C9.jpg\" alt=\"Road in Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8292.jpg\" alt=\"Wall of Spearfish Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8293.jpg\" alt=\"Wall of Spearfish Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-7, #splide-thumb-7 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8321.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8321.jpg\" alt=\"Little Spearfish Creek\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Little Spearfish Creek<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8323.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8323.jpg\" alt=\"Little Spearfish Creek\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Little Spearfish Creek<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8324.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8324.jpg\" alt=\"Road in Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Road in Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/20230923_130029C9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/20230923_130029C9.jpg\" alt=\"Road in Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Road in Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8292.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8292.jpg\" alt=\"Wall of Spearfish Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Wall of Spearfish Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8293.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8293.jpg\" alt=\"Wall of Spearfish Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Wall of Spearfish Canyon<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<h4><span id=\"Bridal_Veil_Falls\">Bridal Veil Falls<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>My next stop along the canyon was Bridal Veil Falls. <span style=\"font-size: small;\">It seemed to me that a lot of states in the US had a waterfall with such name.<\/span> It&#8217;s the highest waterfall that I visited during this trip. The waterfall could be viewed from a roadside observation deck (p1 below), or one could hop across Spearfish Creek and view it up close from below (p2 below). <span style=\"font-size: small;\">Just that fording the river required some balance, as I watched someone slip in front of me.<\/span> The waterfall offered its best views in spring with melted snow water. The flow rate was still decent during my visit though.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-8\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8330.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8330.jpg\" alt=\"Bridal Veil Falls\" \/><\/a><\/br>Bridal Veil Falls<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8334.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8334.jpg\" alt=\"Bridal Veil Falls\" \/><\/a><\/br>Bridal Veil Falls<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-8\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8330.jpg\" alt=\"Bridal Veil Falls\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8334.jpg\" alt=\"Bridal Veil Falls\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-8, #splide-thumb-8 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of Bridal Veil Falls.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8330.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8330.jpg\" alt=\"Bridal Veil Falls\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Bridal Veil Falls<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8334.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8334.jpg\" alt=\"Bridal Veil Falls\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Bridal Veil Falls<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Further down the road, a group of goat grazing along the road caused a small traffic jam.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-9\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8336C11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8336C11.jpg\" alt=\"Goat Next to Road\" \/><\/a><\/br>Goat Next to Road<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8337C11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8337C11.jpg\" alt=\"Goat Next to Road\" \/><\/a><\/br>Goat Next to Road<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8340C11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8340C11.jpg\" alt=\"Goat Next to Road\" \/><\/a><\/br>Goat Next to Road<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-9\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8336C11.jpg\" alt=\"Goat Next to Road\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8337C11.jpg\" alt=\"Goat Next to Road\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8340C11.jpg\" alt=\"Goat Next to Road\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-9, #splide-thumb-9 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the goats along the road.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8336C11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8336C11.jpg\" alt=\"Goat Next to Road\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Goat Next to Road<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8337C11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8337C11.jpg\" alt=\"Goat Next to Road\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Goat Next to Road<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8340C11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8340C11.jpg\" alt=\"Goat Next to Road\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Goat Next to Road<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Originally, I wanted to check out Devils Bathtub, which was located in Spearfish Canyon. But minutes after I hit the trail, some returning hikers told me &#8220;Devils Bathtub&#8221; took &#8220;almost an hour&#8221; for them to reach. I didn&#8217;t pre-load offline maps for the region, so I had no way to track my progress, and &#8220;almost an hour&#8221; was certainly more time than I had, so I decided to skip it.<\/p>\n<p>Further down Spearfish Canyon, my backup option was &#8220;Community Cave&#8221;, which was a shorter trail to an alcove(?). Unfortunately, I missed its trailhead parking which was on the opposite side of the cave. As a result, I headed straight out of Spearfish Canyon.<\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"DC_Booth_Historic_National_Fish_Hatchery\">D.C. Booth Historic National Fish Hatchery<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>That meant I had some time to spare around the town of Spearfish, so I took my final backup option of &#8220;D.C. Booth Historic National Fish Hatchery&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>As the name suggested, this was the place where people raise small fish before releasing them into the wild. It featured different pools where fish in different stages of growth were kept. In addition, the pool that housed the largest fish featured an underwater observation window (p2 below), despite it&#8217;s rather dirty and barely offered any views.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-10\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/20230923_142036.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/20230923_142036.jpg\" width=\"89%\" alt=\"Main Hatchery Pool\" \/><\/a><\/br>Main Hatchery Pool<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">For the largest fish, looking from above.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/20230923_142214.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/20230923_142214.jpg\" width=\"89%\" alt=\"Underwater Observation Window for Main Hatchery Pool\" \/><\/a><\/br>Underwater Observation Window for Main Hatchery Pool<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Hadn\u2019t been cleaned for a long time (if ever at all).<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8342.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8342.jpg\" alt=\"Main Hatchery Pool\" \/><\/a><\/br>Main Hatchery Pool<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">It\u2019s actually easier to spot ducks in this pool than fish.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8351.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8351.jpg\" alt=\"Hatchery Pools\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hatchery Pools<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">For smaller fish in their various stages of growth.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-10\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20230923_142036.jpg\" alt=\"Main Hatchery Pool\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20230923_142214.jpg\" alt=\"Underwater Observation Window for Main Hatchery Pool\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8342.jpg\" alt=\"Main Hatchery Pool\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8351.jpg\" alt=\"Hatchery Pools\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-10, #splide-thumb-10 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/20230923_142036.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/20230923_142036.jpg\" alt=\"Main Hatchery Pool\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Main Hatchery Pool<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">For the largest fish, looking from above.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/20230923_142214.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/20230923_142214.jpg\" alt=\"Underwater Observation Window for Main Hatchery Pool\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Underwater Observation Window for Main Hatchery Pool<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Hadn\u2019t been cleaned for a long time (if ever at all).<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8342.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8342.jpg\" alt=\"Main Hatchery Pool\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Main Hatchery Pool<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">It\u2019s actually easier to spot ducks in this pool than fish.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8351.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8351.jpg\" alt=\"Hatchery Pools\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hatchery Pools<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">For smaller fish in their various stages of growth.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>There were also some educational materials about the founding of the hatchery, which I found pretty peculiar. First, unregulated fishing resulted in a decline of fish population in US waters at the end of the 19th century. But somehow, the US government thought back then &#8220;it was far better to make fish abundant and cheap so they could be fished with fewer restrictions than to just pass stricter laws to protect fewer and fewer fish&#8221;. So it&#8217;s the fishery&#8217;s job to hatch fish and release them into the rivers, so that they could be caught by the fishermen later on.&#x1F635; I guessed people back then weren&#8217;t familiar with the idea of &#8220;induced demand&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Also on display were a railcar and a boat, that were used to transport fish and fish eggs, which were first loaded onto containers (p7 below), then for example, onto wooden containers in the railcar (p2 below). On the hatchery ground there was also a museum with exhibits of its operation in early days.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-11\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8352.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8352.jpg\" alt=\"Fish Transport Railcar\" \/><\/a><\/br>Fish Transport Railcar<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8345.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8345.jpg\" alt=\"Fish Transport Railcar Interior\" \/><\/a><\/br>Fish Transport Railcar Interior<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8344.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8344.jpg\" alt=\"Kitchen in Fish Transport Railcar\" \/><\/a><\/br>Kitchen in Fish Transport Railcar<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8353.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8353.jpg\" width=\"86%\" alt=\"The Yellowstone Boat\" \/><\/a><\/br>The Yellowstone Boat<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Probably constructed in the 1920s and on display since 1996. The boat was styled for fishing boats on the Great Lakes, adopted for fish rescue operations on the upper Mississippi. Some of these boats were used in Yellowstone National Park.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8354.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8354.jpg\" alt=\"Museum Exterior\" \/><\/a><\/br>Museum Exterior<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8349.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8349.jpg\" alt=\"Officer Desk\" \/><\/a><\/br>Officer Desk<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8348.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8348.jpg\" alt=\"Transport Containers\" \/><\/a><\/br>Transport Containers<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8350.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8350.jpg\" alt=\"Officer Living Quarter\" \/><\/a><\/br>Officer Living Quarter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-11\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8352.jpg\" alt=\"Fish Transport Railcar\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8345.jpg\" alt=\"Fish Transport Railcar Interior\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8344.jpg\" alt=\"Kitchen in Fish Transport Railcar\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8353.jpg\" alt=\"The Yellowstone Boat\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8354.jpg\" alt=\"Museum Exterior\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8349.jpg\" alt=\"Officer Desk\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8348.jpg\" alt=\"Transport Containers\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8350.jpg\" alt=\"Officer Living Quarter\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-11, #splide-thumb-11 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8352.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8352.jpg\" alt=\"Fish Transport Railcar\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Fish Transport Railcar<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8345.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8345.jpg\" alt=\"Fish Transport Railcar Interior\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Fish Transport Railcar Interior<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8344.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8344.jpg\" alt=\"Kitchen in Fish Transport Railcar\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Kitchen in Fish Transport Railcar<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8353.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8353.jpg\" alt=\"The Yellowstone Boat\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>The Yellowstone Boat<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Probably constructed in the 1920s and on display since 1996. The boat was styled for fishing boats on the Great Lakes, adopted for fish rescue operations on the upper Mississippi. Some of these boats were used in Yellowstone National Park.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8354.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8354.jpg\" alt=\"Museum Exterior\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Museum Exterior<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8349.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8349.jpg\" alt=\"Officer Desk\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Officer Desk<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8348.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8348.jpg\" alt=\"Transport Containers\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Transport Containers<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8350.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8350.jpg\" alt=\"Officer Living Quarter\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Officer Living Quarter<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>After that, I headed towards Devils Tower in Wyoming, passing through some beautiful landscape. For the first time in days, the views were once again wide open.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-12\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/20230923_154404.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/20230923_154404.jpg\" alt=\"Road\" \/><\/a><\/br>Road<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/20230923_154459.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/20230923_154459.jpg\" alt=\"Road\" \/><\/a><\/br>Road<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/20230923_155446.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/20230923_155446.jpg\" alt=\"Road\" \/><\/a><\/br>Road<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/20230923_183523.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/20230923_183523.jpg\" width=\"93%\" alt=\"Sundance Mountain\" \/><\/a><\/br>Sundance Mountain<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Taken after I left Devils Tower.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/20230923_183625.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/20230923_183625.jpg\" width=\"93%\" alt=\"Sundance Mountain\" \/><\/a><\/br>Sundance Mountain<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Taken after I left Devils Tower.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-12\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20230923_154404.jpg\" alt=\"Road\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20230923_154459.jpg\" alt=\"Road\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20230923_155446.jpg\" alt=\"Road\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20230923_183523.jpg\" alt=\"Sundance Mountain\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20230923_183625.jpg\" alt=\"Sundance Mountain\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-12, #splide-thumb-12 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos along the road.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/20230923_154404.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/20230923_154404.jpg\" alt=\"Road\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Road<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/20230923_154459.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/20230923_154459.jpg\" alt=\"Road\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Road<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/20230923_155446.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/20230923_155446.jpg\" alt=\"Road\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Road<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/20230923_183523.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/20230923_183523.jpg\" alt=\"Sundance Mountain\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Sundance Mountain<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Taken after I left Devils Tower.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/20230923_183625.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/20230923_183625.jpg\" alt=\"Sundance Mountain\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Sundance Mountain<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Taken after I left Devils Tower.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"Devils_Tower\">Devils Tower<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Devils Tower was a butte formed by magma (melted rock underground) that pushed upwards. After magma cooled, stress caused the formation of hexagonal columns, some of which broke off from the main tower. Nowadays, the tower was a striking sight against its surrounding fields that were relatively flat (it&#8217;s visible from far away as I drove towards it). The tower measured 867 feet (264 m) from summit to base. The tower was managed by the National Park Service, and &#8220;Devils Tower National Monument&#8221; was the first national monument established by the United States.<\/p>\n<p>In my opinion, the best place to appreciate its &#8220;tower&#8221; shape was from a distance, for example, the following slideshow was taken just as I left WY24, outside the national monument boundary.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-14\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8356.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8356.jpg\" alt=\"Devils Tower\" \/><\/a><\/br>Devils Tower<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8357C11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8357C11.jpg\" alt=\"Horses\" \/><\/a><\/br>Horses<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8358C11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8358C11.jpg\" alt=\"Cow\" \/><\/a><\/br>Cow<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8389.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8389.jpg\" alt=\"Devils Tower\" \/><\/a><\/br>Devils Tower<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8390.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8390.jpg\" alt=\"Devils Tower\" \/><\/a><\/br>Devils Tower<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-14\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8356.jpg\" alt=\"Devils Tower\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8357C11.jpg\" alt=\"Horses\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8358C11.jpg\" alt=\"Cow\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8389.jpg\" alt=\"Devils Tower\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8390.jpg\" alt=\"Devils Tower\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-14, #splide-thumb-14 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the Devils Tower.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8356.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8356.jpg\" alt=\"Devils Tower\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Devils Tower<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8357C11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8357C11.jpg\" alt=\"Horses\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Horses<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8358C11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8358C11.jpg\" alt=\"Cow\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Cow<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8389.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8389.jpg\" alt=\"Devils Tower\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Devils Tower<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8390.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8390.jpg\" alt=\"Devils Tower\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Devils Tower<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Up close, a 2.7km trail looped around Devils Tower, allowing people to view the tower from all around. From the trail, it&#8217;s easy to notice that the top quarter of the tower saw more erosion than the rest of the tower, indicating the tower may have risen above ground in parts.<\/p>\n<p>Another sight I noticed up close was that, swarms of birds were flying close to the tower in circles, as if in some mystical form of ritual or worship. Maybe Devils Tower did have some supernatural powers to match its devious name.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-15\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8360.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8360.jpg\" alt=\"Devils Tower\" \/><\/a><\/br>Devils Tower<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">As viewed from the parking lot.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8362.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8362.jpg\" alt=\"Devils Tower\" \/><\/a><\/br>Devils Tower<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Not long after getting on the loop trail, I found myself at the foot of the boulder field.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8366.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8366.jpg\" alt=\"Devils Tower\" \/><\/a><\/br>Devils Tower<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Viewed from the southwest along the trail.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8369.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8369.jpg\" alt=\"Devils Tower\" \/><\/a><\/br>Devils Tower<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Viewed from the south along the trail.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8372.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8372.jpg\" alt=\"Arch Forming\" \/><\/a><\/br>Arch Forming<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Just below the iconic Devils Tower window.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8379.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8379.jpg\" alt=\"Devils Tower\" \/><\/a><\/br>Devils Tower<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">From an overlook to the northwest of the tower.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8364.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8364.jpg\" alt=\"Fields\" \/><\/a><\/br>Fields<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Apart from the tower, some overlooks along the trail offered views to the south.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-15\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8360.jpg\" alt=\"Devils Tower\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8362.jpg\" alt=\"Devils Tower\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8366.jpg\" alt=\"Devils Tower\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8369.jpg\" alt=\"Devils Tower\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8372.jpg\" alt=\"Arch Forming\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8379.jpg\" alt=\"Devils Tower\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8364.jpg\" alt=\"Fields\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-15, #splide-thumb-15 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8360.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8360.jpg\" alt=\"Devils Tower\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Devils Tower<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">As viewed from the parking lot.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8362.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8362.jpg\" alt=\"Devils Tower\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Devils Tower<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Not long after getting on the loop trail, I found myself at the foot of the boulder field.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8366.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8366.jpg\" alt=\"Devils Tower\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Devils Tower<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Viewed from the southwest along the trail.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8369.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8369.jpg\" alt=\"Devils Tower\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Devils Tower<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Viewed from the south along the trail.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8372.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8372.jpg\" alt=\"Arch Forming\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Arch Forming<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Just below the iconic Devils Tower window.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8379.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8379.jpg\" alt=\"Devils Tower\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Devils Tower<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">From an overlook to the northwest of the tower.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8364.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8364.jpg\" alt=\"Fields\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Fields<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Apart from the tower, some overlooks along the trail offered views to the south.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Walking along the trail, I had some difficulties associating the sight in front with the word &#8220;tower&#8221;. I felt from the trail, &#8220;Devils Pyramid&#8221; might be a more appropriate name, as the structure didn&#8217;t feel vertical to me. Part of that was attributed to the boulder field surrounding Devils Tower, giving it a wider base than when looked from afar.<\/p>\n<p>As for the trail itself, it&#8217;s paved throughout in great condition, but with many bumps so I wouldn&#8217;t consider it wheelchair-accessible. The best views of Devils Tower along the trail were from the south and west. From the north, the trail was farther back to the tower, with views largely obscured by pine trees.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-16\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/20230923_164831C9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/20230923_164831C9.jpg\" width=\"95%\" alt=\"Native American Painting for Origin of Devils Tower\u2019s Columns\" \/><\/a><\/br>Native American Painting for Origin of Devils Tower\u2019s Columns<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">An interesting interpretation. I would have bought into this living in their time.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8367C10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8367C10.jpg\" width=\"89%\" alt=\"Ladder on Devils Tower\" \/><\/a><\/br>Ladder on Devils Tower<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Made of wood to aid the first ascent of the tower in the late 19 Century. Now partially restored.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8373.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8373.jpg\" width=\"89%\" alt=\"The Window of Devils Tower\" \/><\/a><\/br>The Window of Devils Tower<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">A notable alcove on the tower\u2019s east face.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/20230923_172745.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/20230923_172745.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Typical conditions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8376.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8376.jpg\" width=\"86.6%\" alt=\"Devils Tower\" \/><\/a><\/br>Devils Tower<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">The northern part of the trail was more laid back from the tower. And the views were often obstructed by trees.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-16\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20230923_164831C9.jpg\" alt=\"Native American Painting for Origin of Devils Tower\u2019s Columns\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8367C10.jpg\" alt=\"Ladder on Devils Tower\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8373.jpg\" alt=\"The Window of Devils Tower\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20230923_172745.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8376.jpg\" alt=\"Devils Tower\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-16, #splide-thumb-16 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/20230923_164831C9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/20230923_164831C9.jpg\" alt=\"Native American Painting for Origin of Devils Tower\u2019s Columns\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Native American Painting for Origin of Devils Tower\u2019s Columns<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">An interesting interpretation. I would have bought into this living in their time.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8367C10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8367C10.jpg\" alt=\"Ladder on Devils Tower\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Ladder on Devils Tower<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Made of wood to aid the first ascent of the tower in the late 19 Century. Now partially restored.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8373.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8373.jpg\" alt=\"The Window of Devils Tower\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>The Window of Devils Tower<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">A notable alcove on the tower\u2019s east face.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/20230923_172745.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/20230923_172745.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Typical conditions.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8376.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8376.jpg\" alt=\"Devils Tower\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Devils Tower<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">The northern part of the trail was more laid back from the tower. And the views were often obstructed by trees.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Away from the tower, &#8220;Joyner Ridge Trail&#8221; was voted favorite by the park rangers. I didn&#8217;t have time for the trail, but nonetheless checked out its trailhead, which offered distant views of Devils Tower beyond an open field. From such a distance, it once again resembled a tower to me.<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\">The trailhead was accessed through a quarter-mile gravel road in poor condition though.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-13\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8387.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8387.jpg\" alt=\"Devils Tower\" \/><\/a><\/br>Devils Tower<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8382.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8382.jpg\" alt=\"Devils Tower\" \/><\/a><\/br>Devils Tower<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8384.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8384.jpg\" alt=\"Devils Tower\" \/><\/a><\/br>Devils Tower<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-13\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8387.jpg\" alt=\"Devils Tower\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8382.jpg\" alt=\"Devils Tower\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8384.jpg\" alt=\"Devils Tower\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-13, #splide-thumb-13 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of Devils Tower from Joyner Ridge trailhead.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8387.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8387.jpg\" alt=\"Devils Tower\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Devils Tower<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8382.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8382.jpg\" alt=\"Devils Tower\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Devils Tower<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/DSC_8384.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_8384.jpg\" alt=\"Devils Tower\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Devils Tower<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>By the time I left Devils Tower, it&#8217;s 6pm. I planned to climb Medicine Bow Peak the next day, so I booked my overnight lodge in the town of Guernsey, with more than 200 miles of driving ahead of me through Wyoming&#8217;s wilderness. Despite the empty roadways, I wasn&#8217;t enjoying the drive as much as I&#8217;d hoped. First, a section of US85 south of Four Corners had exposed roadbed waiting to be paved, which made for some really uncomfortable rides. Then after dinner in Newcastle, it&#8217;s completely dark, so I had to be on the constant lookout for animals that spawned from the bushes. (In fact I likely ran over a decently sized corpse.) But in the end, at around 10pm, I reached Guernsey in one piece.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/20230923_220832.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails-m\/20230923_220832.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Hotel Room\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/20230923_220921.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/23\/thumbnails-m\/20230923_220921.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Hotel Room\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hotel Room<\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">A brief note about the hotel for the night, Bunkhouse Motel in Guernsey, Wyoming. I picked it since it&#8217;s between Devils Tower and Medicine Bow Peak, not too expensive, and had good reviews. Despite its rustic appearance, the room turned out to be clean and tidy, and perhaps more importantly, characteristic. The furniture didn&#8217;t feel like that they came off an assembly line. In addition, the manager was pretty nice that helped with a lockout situation and provided me some guide on my itineraries for the next few days.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<p>With that, I concluded a long day.<br \/>\nEND<br \/>\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fifth day of my autumn 2023 trip to the mountain states. I left Rapid City today heading for Wyoming, watched foliage and waterfalls in Spearfish Canyon and checked out Devils Tower.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[621,2],"tags":[623,626],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8188"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8188"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9124,"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8188\/revisions\/9124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}