Showing posts with label Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 3, 2023

PRAIRIE DOGS

 To me a Prairie Dog is a delightful little animal.  We came across them a while ago in a Prairie Dog town near Devil's Tower, Wyoming.
























We came across several of these on our road trip in that area.


Hi Tom, whoever you are (sign painted in lower right).


 Below is a photo of Devil's Tower.  You can read about it here.  Sci-fi fans may recognize this famous landmark when it was shown in the 1977 movie, "Close Encounters of the Third Kind".  You can see a partial clip from the movie here.


And just as a matter of interest, here is a photo of the model used in the movie.  We found it at the Udvar-Hazy Air and Space Museum, and their website is here.




Thank you for stopping by, and for putting up with another post that I transferred from my old blog.  Hopefully the links are still open but if not I will correct them tomorrow.  I need my sleeps right now.