9/27/09 This is the northeast side of the Tower, the columns on this side are more rounded.
9/27/09 Here we are standing inside one of the columns that have fallen off the Tower. Scientists believe the last column to fall off the Tower was 10,000 years ago!

9/27/09 In the trees around Devil's Tower are prayer bundles. The Tower has profound sacred significance to native peoples. Over twenty American Indian tribes have a cultural connection with the Tower. Among these are the Arapaho, Cheyenne, Crow, Kiowa, Lakota, and Shoshone.The brightly colored pieces of cloth that are hanging in the tree are referred to as prayer cloths, prayer bundles, prayer ribbons, prayer ties, and prayer flags. They are physical, symbolic representations of prayers and are here by American Indian people as part of their religious ceremonies.

9/27/09 A little hard to see, but there were birds flying overhead and their wings were silver in the sunlight. They would leave the top of the Tower and fly out, and then fly right back to the Tower. It was magical, like a game.
9/27/09 Ok, where's Waldo? There are climbers on the Tower, three actually. See if you can spot them. HINT: close to the middle near the top/at the top? We spoke to a woman sitting calmly on a bench, telling us her son, daughter-in-law and husband were up climbing!!! Nerves of steel!