I retired in 2014 and I've come to a realization that I will never venture to the places you have explored, not for health reasons, but, for personal and domestic situations. I thank you sir for your EXPLORER mind set and look extremely forward to your next ADVENTURE. GOD BLESS AND STAY SAFE!

@cassiusdio6048

Жыл бұрын

You make me sad…..

@foxiedogitchypaws7141

Жыл бұрын

Jesse, take weekend trips. Don't give up, explore your town or city safely. 🛣️🦊

@shirleysmith635

Жыл бұрын

@@foxiedogitchypaws7141 yes absolutely agree 👍 👏

@arnoldwatcher

Жыл бұрын

The only good thing is that you realize it and I hope you can take small trips. My neighbor talked for years of going to Sturgis. He made the trip and died suddenly a few weeks later. I believe he was one of the first with the virus from our wonderful friends in Asia.

@ExploringCanadaInfo

Жыл бұрын

Isn't @RVTVer great! We see the 🇺🇸through his camera!

Hey , Hey It's RVerTV Russ , Devil tower Super Cool 👍

NICE . ALWAYS WANTED TO GO THERE

Too cool for school Russ. Devils Tower was the first United States National Monument established by Theodore Roosevelt on September 24th 1906. Safe travels to you Russ.

My brother and I went there back in 2015 we did the complete walk around of the Devil's Tower it was fun they have an asphalt walking path all around the thing thanks for the video

Visited Devil's Tower in 2002 with my 12 year old son. When we got up close, we could see and hear the people who were scaling it.

Oh! Oh! You're going through my list, kid. Thanks for truckin' over to Devil's Tower!

I will never get here in person, so I am profoundly grateful to you for taking me to this most peaceful lichen covered tower. Keep safe. ❤️

Cool Russ! I remember seeing Devils Tower in Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Cool movie and monument.

I was there a month ago. The trail is a complete loop all the way around the base of the tower. Took me 1.30 hours!! I was so impressed I made it. The whole trail is beautiful. They have benches all the way around so you can sit. It's a beautiful drive up. Very glad I was able to see it. Totally worth going to see.

@i82much2day

Жыл бұрын

ditto here, my kids hated it at the time.

Thank you for making the trip to Devils Tower. I have always wanted to see the tower especially since I saw Close Encounters of the Third Kind. I have often wondered where the filming was done. I could see the trees from the drive by. I think that may have been the filming side. I saw a path along the rock face where you walked to the base of the tower. That path was to take the actor Drefuss to the opposite side where he would encounter the alien spaceship. In 1978, Close Encounters of the Third Kind was a big hit and made Devils Tower quite an icon. Those prairie dogs were gathering to be on RVer TV. Have fun in Sturgis.

@syntheticpaul

Жыл бұрын

I'll be making this trip from the UK in two weeks time. Its a bucket list trip as i have always wanted to see the tower first hand since I first saw Close Encounters. I'll be flying into Denver and driving up. Will also be taking in Casper, Deadwood, Mt Rushmore and Laramie before returning to Denver.

I was there for the 69th sturgis rally , 2009…. It is a must see ride.

Devils Tower is great! A big THANK YOU Russ.

Russ, thank you so very much for taking the time to go to Devils Tower. My honey and I have put this on our bucket list once he's retired. Beautiful camera work!!!

We enjoyed revisiting our trip there a year ago this week via your fine video. It was more of a hike to walk all the way around it than we expected.

Devils Tower is the cooled lava of an ancient volcano. The dirt has eroded away and the cinder remains as the extremely cool National Monument! Great video thanks!

@meanders9221

Жыл бұрын

Yep. Though I think the rock is actually basalt, think Devils Postpile.

@davish2964

Жыл бұрын

@@meanders9221 isn't basalt rapidly cooled lava?

@IDNHANTU2day

Жыл бұрын

It is humbling to imagine how long it took that volcano to cool down and erode. In a few million years, there will be no trace of this tower. Yet we worry so much about how we are destroying the earth. How dare we think we have that much power. The earth don't care if we eradicate ourselves now, or nature will do it for us. For we are a pimple on the earth's a$$.

@ItsMeScareCro

Жыл бұрын

Nope. Ancient tree stump.

@teslamadeit3068

Жыл бұрын

It's a tree trunk. True. They are all the through the area, but most of them have dirt leading up to the top like miniature volcanoes. I'm not a geologist but when you look at the area behind our programed view, any smart person would interpret the same notion if you look at them as what the area as 1. It was a very old forest when oxygen was much more concentrated in our atmosphere. Drive to Belle Forche SD, the entire are looks like small volcanoes. Bear Butte by Sturgis looks like a tree that split at the bottom into 3 branches and broke down into what remains now. Maybe when all the continents had supposedly existed as 1.

Love the Tower!! I climbed it back in 2003 and have been back to visit several times since then.

That was a very cool look at Devil's Tower. On my very first trip out west in the late 1970's I saw Devil's Tower from a distance along I-90. I've always wanted to return and get a closeup view and walk. I camped at the nearby Keyhole Reservoir & got an amazing western sunset as a bonus.

Finally a beautiful drive. Trees, green grass, not desert and dirt.

A big scenic contrast from Lake Mead area to Wyoming!! Thanks again!!

I'm glad you went to see Devil's Tower, too, so I could see it as well. It's bigger than it looks in pictures and from a distance.

So glad you went to the devil's tower! I like the legend about the seven girls becoming a constellation! Close encounters of the third kind with Richard Dreyfuss building that tower always staid with me, one of my childhood movies I never forgot!

We went last year, including all of the black hills. One of my favorite vacations. Gorgeous!

Thank you for visiting Devils Tower! This is a welcome relief from the desert and from Sturgis (again).

I was up there in 1977 just 3 weeks before the movie crews arrived and it was nothing like it is today. No ranger station and nobody to pay. Just the road leading to the parking lot which at that time was gravel. No campgrounds just a gravel lot. I was 13 and hiked the old trail there that you showed. No sidewalk like you show, no plaques nothing. Just raw nature in 77. I was 13 years old and my mom and dad stayed in the pickup truck camper while I hiked the old trail. It went the whole way around the tower a little over a mile walk if I remember correctly. Was very fortunate that day to see Native Americans praying at the base and on the other side 2 guys climbing it. That was a great day and parents could cut a 13 year old boy loose to hike the monument without worrying about never seeing the kid again. In my opinion these national monuments are getting too fancy and commercialized. Beautiful video!

@RP4UXO

3 ай бұрын

Great when it was free!! How much is it now?

If you are heading home Aug. 12th-14th take Tensleep canyon to Tensleep WY there's the Nowoodstock Music festival in the park. We'd love to see you there, and meet again (last time was in Qsite outside the game store). I was the Wyomingite that held up the rope for you to drive under while you took "your" parking spot. By the way THANKS again for graciously spending the time to shoot the breeze with me. You are a good man Russ!

I was there a couple years ago. To me it looks just like a big tree stump, and I wonder how the tree would have looked before! The vertical lines in the tower are from 'columnar jointing'. The rock was molten, perhaps in the middle of a big volcano that has since eroded away, and it cooled very slowly, over millions of years. This made it shrink, and shrinking made it pull apart into columns--like the pattern of cracks you see on dried mud. Another beautiful example of this is Devil's Postpile in California (which hopefully you'll visit when the price of diesel fuel comes down.)

@faithfultotheend5202

Жыл бұрын

Or it is the biggest Tree stump in the world

@meloneyparker

Жыл бұрын

I agree. It's the stump of an ancient giant tree. I think there's something in the bible about them.

@apolloskyfacer5842

Жыл бұрын

@@faithfultotheend5202 The Indian myth that it was a giant bear scratching the sides of the mountain is a much better story.

@apolloskyfacer5842

Жыл бұрын

@@meloneyparker It's the remains of a volcanic lava plug. For goodness sake, learn some basic Geology.

@icxcnika0

Жыл бұрын

@@faithfultotheend5202 there's bigger than this.. the Himalaya are petrified tree stumps

Great video as usual. One quality I like of your videos is that you stop and focus on the signs seen on the walk etc so a viewer can pause and read the context for the complete content rather than you read it or summarize and move on. The content of your videos never disappoints. Thanks.

Very cool Russ!! It's been a long time since I've been there. Thanks for the ride 👍

Thanks for taking us to see Devils Tower. Once lived in Wyoming, but Dad never took us to this place.

Thanks so much Russ for sharing the video! Have fun at the Rally!

Thanks Russ for bringing back great memories of a trip I took out west from my home in Ohio. In 1988 I took my wife, daughter and mother out west on a trip that lasted a month and covered 6700 miles. My family was younger and mom was a widow who had never been out west so it was a great trip for all of us. I got great pictures of the Tower using a telephoto zoom lens from roadside turnouts and also of the prairie dogs. I am now 69 years old and due to health issues cannot make the trip today. Thank you for helping me and I am sure many others relive some better times in our lives. Be safe and keep the great travel videos coming!

Alright, Russ! I was hoping you'd pay a visit to Devil's Tower. Seeing it appear over the horizon as you drive out there is pretty amazing, isn't it? I've camped there several times, both in the park campground (where we survived a huge thunder and lightning storm overnight) and the KOA just outside the entrance--they show Close Encounters every night on a big screen! It's one of my favorite places in the National Park system...there's something about the vibe there that I haven't felt anywhere else. I have a poster of the giant bear climbing the tower (at 9:29) hanging in my living room.

Have been to Wyoming but never seen the tower. Such incredible beauty, and your filming is great!

One thing I can be proud of as an American is our national park system and the monuments, reserves, and things that people can come see and enjoy for the public. There's so many places and so much land that is protected that can't be mined, cut down, or stripped down the land. It's all protected so that the public can see all the glory.

You mentioned ET. ET was. It’s own movie. We really enjoyed your video. We are subscribers and have donated and bought from your store. 👍

I loved my trip to the tower, just sat and stared at it for about a hour

Hello from Tim in Australia I love your shows keep up the good work and keep having fun 🙂

Thank you for changing the background music. This gives the vid a fresh expression and a deeper impact.

AWESOME !! thanks for sharing your great stop at Devils Rock 🪨

I love the history behind that Devils Tower...gorgeous place ..enjoy and be safe Russ ⛰

Thanks very much for this views my friend. Take care and god bless.

Cool! I will be at KOA devils Tower for the rally August 8-12th. Love it there. Love the whole black hills.

Beautiful Beautiful place ... a holy place for us native... A"ho.... good job Russ.... did u say a good prayer there ..... godbless

Good choice for a video log Russ! You outdid yourself this time! Thanks!

🙋‍Hello Russ! I enjoyed seeing the Devils Tower, & the story boards were interesting. The area with the prayer ribbons was a very special place, & a rare sight. The Prairie Dogs are cute. You sure do find the best picture perfect Kodak moments in your travels. In hopes you get to enjoy the rest of your evening & weekend.👍

Thanks a lot for hiking up to the Tower Russ. You have added locations/scenery to my "bucket list" I didn't even know I would have! I love your posts. Thanks Again

Made my first trip there last September. I did manage the entire walk around with several "rest stops". Will definitely be going back!

Anyone visiting the Black Hills should take the hour drive to this it's totally worth it

This channel is awesome! The USA is such a beautiful country.

Thank you, a big thank you! This upload hit the spot, Russ. Your work is appreciated. Thank you!

Thank you for sharing your travels. You have a unique and wonderful way of narrating your journey. Best channel ever. Hope to meet you if your travels ever bring you to Florida! My family really enjoys all your videos!

Great video Russ! That place is absolutely beautiful! Thanks for letting us tag along!

That was cool. It's amazing to see things we often just pass via the interstate. Thanks Russ

Thank you 😊 for letting me see this amazing beautiful site you make each venture seem like I am right there with you 🚗

Great side trip

I could never do this trip for health reasons. I had family in Spearfish a long time ago. Thank you much for this video.

It's interesting that you mentioned both "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" and "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial", Russ. My understanding of it is that the little boy in "Close Encounters" is also the lead government agent in "E.T."--his experience in the former picture making for a life-long obsession with re-establishing contact with the aliens. I know the production years (1977 and 1982, respectively) don't make for a realistic timeline, but that is supposedly the way things were conceived by Steven Spielberg/the writers. Thus "E.T." is "Close Encounters" sequel.

@michaela.chmieloski3196

Жыл бұрын

@@scottd2063 Never said Henry Thomas was in "Close Encounters of the Third Kind", you need to work on your reading comprehension. Good grief. And according to movie insiders, the aliens of "Close Encounters" were predecessors of ET.

Thanks. That place is where I always want to visit. It's amazing.

I went there when I was 12 in 1965. There was a dirt trail around it and only a few people there. I remember the prairie dogs.

Back in the mid 90s my husband and I traveled through South Dakota. We stopped at Wall, SD and visited the 1880s town. Both along I -90. You should check out both places. .and look for the dinosaurs along I-90. Made of metal. Awesome sight!!

So nice to see how green it is there even in August. Trees! And water in the little river. A nice place to spend some time in the summer. I was getting discouraged by all that barren desert. Thanks for the drive along and the fantastic views Russ!

Yay Russ. You made it there. You're the Man ! Once again. A high quality travel video by the master of high quality travel videos. This spectacular landmark is a huge volcanic plug. The columns are shrinkage columns as the plug cooled down over a very long time. And also, over a very long time, the surrounding ash cone weathered away. The columns are roughly six sided. A common geological marvel. Get ready for the nincompoopery comments suggesting it's a giant tree stump.

@rvertv

Жыл бұрын

Wow, thanks!

Awesomely beautiful picturesque journey! Mahalo from Hawaii!

Really enjoyed where you were walking to the tower. The music made it very soothing and peaceful. Another great video!

Thanks Russ for that beautiful trip ,

Thanks Russ for taking us along to see the geological oddity! Check it out !!!!! Lol 😆👍🇺🇸

It's called columnar jointing, when that type of lava cools it forms eight-sided columns or six sided

not a geologist but that is what is left of an ancient extinct volcano.

Great Job so cool..So glad to see green again...

We were there in Jun 2021. We did stay at the KOA. They have great ice cream, wagon rides and show the movie Close Encounters, with the mountain in the background behind the screen. .

Been there done that!!! Gorgeous video 📸📸. Changed so much since the 70's. No traffic lights. Safe travels!¡!!

One of the best film about Devils Tower - good job :)

@rvertv

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😊

Thanks so much! Such a nice tour, never thought I would ever see it!

I used to live 50 miles away in Gillette when I worked on the railroad. Three or four trips a year to the Tower. Nice hike around the base. Nice to see it again.

What a beautiful place!

This is one of my all time favorite videos you’ve done Russ. Thank you!

Looks like a devil's post pile up in mammoth lakes but on a extremely larger scale thanks for the trip russ much appreciated

Appreciate you sharing the video footage of visiting Devil's Tower. I hope to one day to physically get there.👍

Thanks for taking us. Very surreal place - sacred Indian site. ♥️♥️♥️

Russ I went to Devils tower in 2017 , I stayed at the KOA and watched Close in counters of the third kind movie . Which was shown as part of the camping fee. I walked all the way around Devils tower. I may be back there next year.

Great place to see, never seen it live, only in the movie. But ho now’s I come someday from the Netherlands to visit this beautiful place.

There is an old military base in one of the Dakotas. They are selling off the bunkers. They look like the ones on Gomer Pile but covered with dirt. Some people live there year round. Thanks for the update. 👍👍

Great tour of the tower thank you

Thanks for sharing your awesome journeys

Any biker who has 'done' Sturgis will tell you: Get the heck outta that tourist trap and RIDE the Black Hills and NE WYO! That's where the FUN is!

Thank you for your time and efforts while making and sharing this incredible video. Out of all the Tower videos I have ever seen, this is by far the best. A person could have a wonderful time stargazing or watching a thunderstorm from up top. Safe travels.

Great video and drone shots. Thanks for taking the time to run out there. It's on my bucket list.

Your tour showed a lot of story boards near the tower that explained the Native American lore, but I didn't see any story boards that explained the geological origins of the tower. It is a magna plug that was formed deep in the earth, possibly below a volcano above it, that was exposed by millions of years of erosion of the soil around it. The visitor center was built in the 1930s, and the internet says it was remodeled in 2021. I hope they have included in the remodel some explanation of the towers geological origins.

@ZeldaRosenthal

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😁

One of my favorite places. Thanks for showing

I absolutely love your video! You are so down to earth and simple, much like the people I grew up with in Georgia. I have subscribed to your channel. Thank you 😊

It sure looks beautiful over there. Thanks for sharing this adventure, and all of your other adventures! I'm a big fan.

Thanks for the ride to the Devil's Tower. I have never been and you captured all of it. Thank you.

Hey, Russ I saw the movie now thanks to you i got to see the tower up close and personal. Very cool. What a nice video again. You are helping me see things I would otherwise never see. I looked forward to more of your travels.

So glad to see this one Russ, pretty sure I've met the quota of hot asphalt, cactus, sand and rocks. Let's go green for a while.

yeah nice find off the beaten path, ill probably never make that trip but glad to experience w the RVer....

Love devils tower. Years ago a man was parachuting and landed on top of devils tower. Man's name was George Hopkins.

Russ, Thanks for taking the walk and getting close and personal with the monument. I’m disabled and couldn’t make that walk myself.

Thanks for taking in the Devil's Tower. Great scenery. 😊

We were just there a couple weeks ago. Stayed at that KOA. Nice place.