As we packed up early that morning, we were destined to run into frustrating situations. It all started when Gare-Bear (a.k.a. Gary Hightshoe) was backing up in the good ole university vans. A sacrifice had to be made before we headed to Devil’s Tower; it came in the form of Eric Ellinwood’s backpack. Whoops! Luckily the van only crushed Eric’s “indestructible” water bottle and Prismacolor pencil case. We all found this quite humorous. We eventually made our way out of the Black Hills. We gazed out the van windows and witnessed the outbreak Pine Beetles killing off massive areas of Ponderosa Pines. All that was left in those areas were little baby ponderosas.
The caravan of university vehicles approached the Devil’s Tower; there were several debates over how big the tower was. It was not until we arrived that people understood the magnitude of the tower. We gathered outside the vans to listen to Gare-Bear’s plan for the day. As some of the students sighed of over another watercolor, Rian French and I made our way around the tower of our place projects. We hoped to see the legendary giant bear that was said to have created the columns in the tower; we snapped pictures left and right.
On the road again! We made our way to the infamous Medicine Wheel. Most students were tiger snoozing and others were attempting to get as much of the readings done before cars sickness took over. Several hours passed, and we arrived at The Medicine Wheel. We were unprepared and taken aback by the snow. We all bundled up except for Gage Berger in his shorts and cut-off shirt. Many students thought it would be funny to throw snowballs at me. NOT! We left the sacred Native American landscape as the sun set, creating a beautiful backdrop as we decended out of the Big Horn Mountains. Few were brave enough to drive down the nation’s most dangerous meandering road, these troopers included Kyle Thiessen, Rian French, M&M (Michael Martin), Kyle Brown, and last but not least Lucas Buscher. We all made it safely to Cody, Wyoming with out a scratch.
SYDNEY
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