2020 North Dakota – part 24: a new National Park
After deciding we needed to start home early, we planned out the return trip, starting at a newer national park. Theodore Roosevelt National Park lies in western North Dakota, where...
2020 North Dakota – part 25: Theodore Roosevelt National Park’s South Unit
In 1901, Theodore Roosevelt because our 26th President and one of our greatest conservationists. When he was here in the ND badlands in 1883, he came to hunt bison. By...
2020 North Dakota – part 26: Theodore Roosevelt National Park’s Painted Canyon center and overlook, bison on the move
A few miles east of the South Unit’s visitors center and the town of Medora is a 3rd visitors center for the park: Painted Canyon. This area is on the...
2020 North Dakota – part 27: Theodore Roosevelt National Park—Badlands’ prairie dogs, bison, and wild horses
As we drive through the park today, we’ll be on the lookout for prairie dogs, bison, and wild horses. Wonder what else the park has for us. Bet we’ll see...
2020 South Dakota – part 1: motorcycles, a famous drug store, and campers on the wall
After leaving Theodore Roosevelt National Park, we drove south into South Dakota on a rainy, rainy day. After being in the Badlands, the wide expanse of flat lands we drove...