The Catskill Chronicle

Devil’s Tower.

Thursday, September 17, 2009

Quick note about last night’s lodging. In the middle of the night….I heard jackals or some sort of wild dogs on the cliff behind my campsite. Awesome I thought.

Then, about 10 minutes later, after what sounded like scurrying down the steep hill, I hear something(s) lurking outside my tent. OMG. Man. It was probably the most terrified I’d been the entire trip. A pack of wild … dogs, outside my tent. Awesome.

I lay there rather still for about an hour till it stopped, and the sounds retreated into the distance.

In morning, I learned that it was only the crazy weird deer that are all over the place.

Accidently went to Mount Rushmore today. I’d seen it before, and wasn’t impressed then either. Crazy Horse on the other hand is…well…crazy. Whoa! Check that thing out if you are in the area. It’s a humbling experience to say the least.