And inspired by the Great Man himself the drive is on to take your Teddy on an RV tour of the US National Parks this year.
Particularly with the 120th anniversary of the establishment of the first US National Monument hoving into view next year.
Now dinner party bores will tell you that the Great Wall of China is the only man-made structure you can see from space.
So why then did aliens alight on the Devils Tower monolith in Wyoming in Close Encounters of the Third Kind?
Teddy’s Trail
Now no president championed the Great American Outdoors more than its 26th, Teddy Roosevelt.
While nobody had his ear more than John Muir, the legendary Scots conservationist.
We heard first hand from the immortal Teddy at IPW, the American Travel Fair, in Chicago.
With the Great Raconteur waxing lyrical about the grand opening of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library next year in North Dakota.
And alighting on a Scotlander about his own Scottish roots through his mother Martha.
Which mirrors another future NY President though Manhattan Man Teddy was quick to point out Donald Trump is a Queens Man.
Devil of a good time
Every June, the Devils Tower closes to rock climbers so that the tribes can celebrate their spiritual practices.
To truly appreciate the Tower, take the 1.3-mile Tower Trail, winding around the base for the best chance to see the rock from all sides.
Devils Tower National Monument is open for visitors year-round, and admission is $25/£19 per vehicle.
The West is best
RV specialists Journeyscape have picked out The Close Encounters landmark as a topical highlight.
Of its Icons and National Parks of the Great American West by Motorhome.
The 15-day holiday costs from £2,950pp including motorhome rental (but excluding international flights).
Traditionally, of course, pioneers would reach the Wild West by wagon, stagecoach and through the grand Denver Union Station.
And we’d certainly recommend that as we would flying into Denver International Airport, in the apron of the Rockies.
The open road
Your Journeyscape tour will take in five states, your launch pad, Colorado and taking in four of the five states under the Great American West umbrella.
That’ll be Wyoming, Montana and North and South Dakota… you’ll arrange your own private Idaho in your own time.
But for a starter Badlands National Park, Spearfish Canyon, Devils Tower, Yellowstone National Park, Grand Teton National Park and Salt Lake City ain’t bad, eh?
So take your Teddy on an RV tour of the US National Parks.
