Our first outing at Theodore Roosevelt NP was a long hike at South Unit of the Petrified Forest loop trail in the Theodore Roosevelt wilderness (read here if you missed it). But that was only a piece of the sprawling 70,400 acres of the breathtaking North Dakota Badlands. The South Unit was close to our home base at Medora Campground (Steve’s review here), but it was a […]
I’m one of those people who thinks of South Dakota when I hear about The Badlands. But badlands are not just a South Dakota phenomenon, as North Dakota has them too – and folks here brag about them. When they brag, they often include references to the Theodore Roosevelt National Park (TRNP) in the same sentence. Long before Teddy became president, he was […]
It was a bit of a letdown when we arrived at our super-tight and dusty campground near Bismarck, after seeing all of the fantastic open farmland during the drive to get there. It seems many of the RV parks in this part of the country are heavily used by seasonal workers, and are definitely not “destination” parks. But rather than complain about the place (which Steve […]
Prior to our entry into North Dakota for the first time, I used to think of it as a faraway place up north, a state blanketed in snow, cold and desolate. Thanks to the movie Fargo, that’s what I’ve always pictured North Dakota to be. But with the recent oil boom and the advent of fracking, I also imagined the entire state with oil […]
