Tagged With "Devil's Stairway"

Nice photos of a fascinating place, Ottoman! I also visited the monument many years ago, and recall what an imposing and striking place it is. I can certainly see the cinematic appeal to Mr. Speilberg, who uses the physical drama of the place so very well in the last half of the movie.

Wow! An amazingly photogenic place.

I empathize with your rainy, muddy experience. That is no fun. As I recall, Kitty Hawk is also very windy, one of the reasons the Wright brothers chose it. They knew if they could fly their plane into the wind for some distance, no one could challenge the fact that they had flown a heavier than air machine. I regard this as one of the greatest stories of the 20th century. Two creative guys from a bicycle shop in the midwest designed and developed a successful flying machine. It didn't take a...

Great Piece! I've been to the Outer Banks several times and the wind always seems to make it cold. It is a neat area and I learned to always bundle up when headed there.

Thanks for the comment guys. It has been a while and I did forget to mention the fact that the Wright Brothers were workers in a bicycle shop which makes their story even more amazing! As always DrFumblefinger, thanks for the input

    Devils Tower is an igneous intrusion or laccolith in the Bear Lodge Mountains (part of the Black Hills) in northeastern Wyoming, above the Belle Fourche River. It rises dramatically 1,267 feet (386 m) above the surrounding terrain and...

Samantha and her husband had a great time exploring Craters of the Moon National Monument until the rains came.

DrFumblefinger enjoyed watching an Alaskan brown bear fishing beneath the roar of Devil's Falls in Katmai National Park.

Samantha shares memories and pictures of the centennial celebration of the Wright Brothers' first flight.

Nina Simons has some suggestions for visiting Tasmania and shares some of the travel gems you'll find there.

Samantha shares her visit to Split Rock Creek and Park in South Dakota. It was interesting and she learned a little bit about Jesse James and some of his adventures in the area.

Samantha and Gene (and their dogs) visit a huge monolith that draws thousands of climbers every year.

DrFumblefinger visits an interesting small town museum which is proud of being the location of the first dinosaur nesting site discovered in Canada.

DrFumblefinger shares photos of his first visit to Devil's Tower, situated in northeastern Wyoming and featured in the classic film, "Close Encounters of the Third Kind".

I've been all over that area and have yet to visit Devils Tower. Your photos are great!

Thanks, Marilyn! Devil's Tower is definitely worth the diversion. It's much more impressive in person than in these photos.

Swimming, snorkelling, and clambering through the boulders are popular pastimes at this Caribbean hideaway.

A beautiful spot!