Return visit

Ten years ago, we traveled West to East, taking the northern route. Lukas has just learned to walk, and we were expecting Noah.  We stopped at Devil's Tower to hike a bit and let Lukas run - well, that was the plan. The reality was mud, wet, slick, messy trails, so Lukas despite protest had to ride on Bob's shoulders as we circumvented this amazing tower of rocks. To keep him happy, we feed him his first licorice strands, and we measured our hike in licorice strands, not steps or miles.
This time, nobody gets to ride on Bob's shoulder, the muddy, sticky, messy cold trail was dry, hot and dusty. Well, we were prepared, licorice and water bottles in a back pack and we set out to once again hike around the Devil's Tower as a family.