Medora, North Dakota & Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Medora

Chimney Park

View of the Medora campground

It's not every night you can have your steak fondued on a pitchfork.

Dinner with a view

Look who we ran into.  It's Theodore and Edith Roosevelt. 

Medora Musical

Todd Oliver and his talking dog Irving

South Unit

Painted Canyon

Met up with square dance friends Glenn & Char from Texas.  They were headed east, we were headed west.  North Dakota was their 50th state. 

Maltese Cross Ranch House

After loosing his wife and his mother only hours apart, this cabin was home for Theodore Roosevelt in 1884.  Now located at the visitors center of the South Unit.

Prairie Town

Did you know that the American Bison has 15 ribs?

Traffic jam while this little guy nursed in the middle of the road,

Petrified Forest Trailhead

This hike takes you through ancient petrified forests and badlands wilderness. 

These trees are related to the modern Sequoia. Some stumps are up to 12 feet in diameter. The stumps are still upright in the place where they grew 55 million years ago in a coastal floodplain environment. The stumps were preserved as floods inundated the forest floor, burying the bases of trees.

Party pooper

North Unit

The two park units are 63 miles apart and are located in two different time zones.

Stormy night back in Medora

Headed out for a morning hike we find a Buffalo and a Pronghorn hanging out in Prairie town.

Hiking Jones Creek Trail

Mountain Bluebird

We are enjoying the new camera.  It's nice to be able to zoom in and catch the wild life.