Kids will love the scene in Close Encounters of the Third Kind
when Richard Dreyfuss starts sculpting Devils Tower out of mashed
potatoes. Spielberg sure picked the right natural landing pad for his
alien spaceship to make contact with earthlings -- there is something
otherworldly about this stark monolith rising out of the Wyoming pines
and prairies. The Northern Plains Indians called it Bears Lodge, and it
has sacred meanings for them too. Even seeing a picture of it is
unforgettable, but visiting Devils Tower in person -- well, that's more
special than you'd imagine.
