[Rockhounds] Re: South Dakota - Rapid City & Calcite vs. Devil's Tower

[Drew]

On Jan 2, 2008 12:58 PM, <pmodreski at aol.com> wrote:

> > Devil's Tower is cool, but it will probably be smaller than you
> > expect.
>
> Because Devils Tower sure impresses one (or, it always has me) as being
> big and awesome when you see it, especially when you get up close to it.?
> But this did inspire me to look it up on the internet.? I see that the NPS
> website claims
>

Devil's Tower was huge to me!  Although I was only 16 years old when I
visited it...


> "Was Devil's Tower the famous formation that's an integral part of the
> movie "Close Encounters of the Third Kind"? "
>
> To which I thought, good heavens, doesn't EVERYONE know that, second
> nature?? Especially "rock people"?? Like asking what city the Washington
> Monument is in?? But I have to remember, maybe the movie hasn't had as big
> an impact on everyone,?and plus, can you believe, some people who may be be
> on this Rockhounds list, might not even have been BORN when that movie was
> released!? (Tis true, I checked the year--1977.? Time flies!)*


Yep... I was 1 year from being born at the release of that movie, and STILL
have never seen it...

Drew


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