North Dakota

Well, folks, we have officially conquered North Dakota. Today we made our way from Fargo across the state to Medora. We spent the entire afternoon enjoying Theodore Roosevelt National Park, which had quite interesting geologic formations and awesome wildlife to boot. Judging from the day's flat drive through wide open fields, I was a bit dubious of what the national park would be like, but it was a completely different landscape and extremely worthwhile to explore. I also tried elk for the first time today, which was actually very good!

At times, North Dakota felt very long and flat...mostly because it IS very long and flat. But there are definitely some gems within it, such as Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

The entrance to TRNP in Medora, ND

Roosevelt and Muir: conservation vs. preservation

A bison mud pie with a foot for scale.

Flowering sage (the sage leaves smelled good too). 

Bison!

Bison!

Scoria (the reddish material)

Up close and personal detail

It's starting to look like the wild west!

Prairie dogs in TRNP

Wild horses in TRNP

More wild horses. We think the horse on the far right was pregnant.

Just hanging out after a long day.