LIttle Devil's Tower without the snow

If you look back into the March archives you'll see pictures from trip up Little Devil's Tower with Joanna and knee deep snow. Today was trip number two for the year. This time it was the five of us on our own. We had things to do early in the afternoon so we didn't start hiking until about 3:30pm. It took about 3 hours to climb to the top, explore, find a geocache (yeah!), and then hike back down. About a half mile from the trailhead there is a beach on Sylvan Lake in Custer State Park. On the shore we had a picnic supper and a dip in the lake. Summertime bliss at its best.

picture 1-Looking up at Little Devil's Tower from along the trail. It's a long way up there.

picture 2-Hans checking the view through a dried piece of birch bark. Peek-a-boo.

picture 3-The trail is well marked with blue diamond trail markers and blue paint on the rocks. The happy hikers press on.

picture 4-Evan on the top. We made it!