Blogs from Medora, North Dakota, United States, North America

Heading westward back across the Dakota’s seem to go quickly….we covered about 370 miles, after dropping Judy & Beryl at the airport in Fargo. We pass through Jamestown where we stop at the National Buffalo Museum and Preserve. Which is host another large herd of Buffalo????, including a couple of rare albino buffalo. As we are still on our quest to see wild buffalo, what better place to stop right…..wrong… again all we see are stuffed replicas, no real buffalo. The temperature is still HOT, HOT, HOT and Teika is still sick. She has thrown up a couple of times again and seems to be really stiff. We are worried. We make our way to Medora and stop a campground along the Little Missouri..It has been flooded out twice this spring and has no gravel left ... read more

After driving 278 miles we arrived at Medora, N.D. in temps of high 70’s. Our RV park is neat and clean and we settled in with little problem. We traveled in some light sprinkles today while we saw significant storms to either side. We managed to “thread the needle” and squeaked thru without difficulty -- except once again having a filthy car and rig. We found that the town has a first class amphitheater where a stage play is put on each night during the summer. There are only 20 people in the troop but over 2500 people try out each year for an opportunity to be in the show. It is ranked one of the best nation wide and the best in the west. They also have (prior to the show) a fondue steak dinner ... read more

07/16/2010 to 07/20/2010 - Medora, North Dakota: We arrived at Medora Campground mid-day after an easy freeway drive of 280 miles. What a fun place to spend some time! We planned on a 4 night stay but would happily have stayed for several more. Medora was founded in 1883 by a 24-year old French nobleman, the Marquis de Mores, and named after his bride, Medora von Hoffman. The Marquis built a meat packing plant, a hotel, stores, and a large home overlooking his new town. Despite heavy financial backing, all of the Marquis' various enterprises ended in failure by 1886. The huge "hunting cabin" they built was used by the family for only 3 summers then never lived in again. It continued to be maintained by the family until it was eventually donated to the State ... read more

Boy do I have a bunch to tell you this time. We are in Medora which is a very tiny town in western North Dakota. My niece Andrea had told me about it and so we decided to head there from Spearfish. Before we left Spearfish we did have a little boo-boo. Don was walking Karlie and he wanted to get a picture of her with her new "friend" the little baby lamb and between keeping her on the leash and away from the lamb and getting a picture, well you can guess what happened. Yep, the camera was dropped and needless to say a gonner. We stopped at Walmart on the way out of town for me to buy a replacement. So, the pictures you will see starting with this blog are from our new ... read more

Obfuscator writes: Shadehill State Park in South Dakota wasn’t too bad. It had a nice lake that we were right next to, and some good sunset and morning views. It wasn’t too special though, so we didn’t stay long in the morning. Since we were in the north-western part of South Dakota, we decided to make a little detour to see the site of the Battle of Slim Buttes (approx.), which is near Reva, South Dakota. On the way we got sidetracked into stopping in Bison, SD, which advertised itself as having a Sod House and Museum. We were unable to find the Sod House, though we were able to find a museum. We skipped it, because it looked small and not particularly interesting. By the Bison High School we found a historical marker for a ... read more