Sunday, August 16, 2015

Keyhole State Park - Moorcroft, WY

Turns out Deb is fascinated by Wooly Mammoths...married 30 years and I never knew.  So we stopped at the "Mammoth Site" in Hot Springs, SD.  Deb was sure it would be a bust but Trip Advisor gave it a 4.75 which as good enough for me.  Wow, what a place.  It was a sink hole that the Wooly Mammoths fell into and could not get out.  There were more than 60...all male (or so they say!)
As we were driving along I saw a sign for another "malformation" - Devil's Tower.  It was a little out of our way but the temperature has been in the mid nineties.  So we decide to take the extra time to see  Devil's Tower. It was amazing and with the sun fairly low, there were wonderful shadows.  We walked the perimeter trail around it, watching climbers going up and down the face.
We pulled into Keyhole State Park, set up camp and sat outside watching the boaters and swimmers on the lake.  It's a beautiful park, and maybe it was just because it was Saturday night, but the loud music, yapping dogs, snarling dogs, littered fire pits, etc. really detracted from the beauty of the place.  The site itself (29 E/W) was lovely, pretty much right on the water. 

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