Deadwood, Devil's Tower & Close Encounters

Day 10:
Double digits!!! Today was one historic day. First thing in the morning we visited the alive town of Deadwood, which characters from the past, such as Wild Bill Hickok are memorialized and are great tourist attractions. Today they had a parade of different figures and other interesting things... too bad we missed it by about five minutes, which was a real shame because it sounded really cool.
Our next stop was to the very tall Devil's Tower, which is a famous spot for close encounters of the unknown, used in the movie "Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind," and a perfect spot for sunbathing prarie dogs. It's also the very first national monument. Native Americans used to believe that seven girls were chased by a bear, so they jumped on a stone and prayed to the gods to save them... and suddenly the stone skyrocketed into the sky and the girls were reincarnated into stars. But truly the tower was once an active volcano, but its top is sealed and the very top of the tower has its own ecosystem of extraordinary animals. Records have it that a handful of people ascended the tower, but today many climbers can go up and reach the top as well. However, there was probably many Native Americans who climbed the tower before there was a form of records.
We are settled in Cody, WY and plan to visit Yellowstone national park, accomplishing the first fourth of our trip, and then heading to the south to states such as Arizona. Big day tomorrow, better get some rest.