Not quite sure how to pronounce it, but that's a picture of a Daemonelix. Tricia and I saw a few of these at Agate Fossil Beds National Monument in Nebraska.
After some debate, paleontologists have determined that Daemonelixes (proper plural?) were the creation of the Palaeocaster - a terrestrial beaver that lived like prairie dogs.
An interesting part of an interesting day that included a visit to Wind Cave National Park (the seventh area designated as a national park), lunch at the Hot Springs Gathering Place (where the portobello mushroom sandwich does not contain meat), views of Fall River, walking the streets of Hot Springs (the Blue Bison was closed, sadly), and dinner at Penny's Diner.
A good day. 11,367 steps!
Tomorrow Scottsbluff.
See you along the trail.
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