橫穿美國第八天

今天開了470英裏,總計十個小時。

去了Devil's Tower。一個很有意思的地質現象。

岩漿向上推擠進沉積岩層中然後冷卻,收縮,形成垂直柱狀。數百萬年來,周圍較軟的石灰岩被慢慢侵蝕,硬化的岩漿暴露出來,最終形成了我們今天所看到的獨特柱狀結構。

拔地1267英尺,很遠就能看到。

在書上電視上看到,都不如真的開車去看。沿著公路,很遠就能看到,然後一點點變大。

進去以後有一條trail可以繞著tower走一圈,各個角度欣賞,嗬嗬。

上麵很多攀岩的人,拿著望遠鏡可以看到那些小小的身影在移動。

trail上有很多介紹,很有意思,比如當年第一個攀登tower的女子,和以前留下來的木梯的遺跡。還有通過樹的年輪,看這一年的水分。

然後就開始往西開。

還經過了一個Devil's gate。是當年西部開發者遷徙路過的一個山崖之間被溪水衝刷出來的過道。天太熱了,沒有hike下去,有點可惜。

但是想當年,那些先行者們,就是在這樣的天氣,沒有公路,沒有空調,拉著行李,一點點往西部進發。他們要麵臨的挑戰,真的是難以想象的嚴峻。

 

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