Blogs from Theodore Roosevelt NP, North Dakota, United States, North America - page 2

Theodore Roosevelt National Park is one of the prettiest places in North Dakota. I really had never gone to take photos of it during the winter months so with a nice, warm day of mid 40s on the forecast, I headed out to see what I could get for photos when there was a little snow still on the ground. During this time of year, many of the roads are closed in the Park because of ice and snow when you get into the very steep parts of the Park. However, the lower area is all open and accessible which still makes a trip worthwhile. I headed to the South Unit which has more roads in the low areas than the North Unit. The animals are hiding a bit more this time of year so the ... read more

Posted by: Onaxthiel: The morning came suddenly, as if god had suddenly turned the lights on outside the bags. We crawled out, still shivering, to witness an odd set of sights. A lone buffalo grazed on our butte. The valleys around us were filled with morning mist. On the southern horizon, a host of hot air balloons rose slowly into the sky. The Medora balloon launch was underway. We snapped photos of all this while waiting for our bags to dry off from the morning dew. BOB (Obfuscator adds: BOB stands for big orange ball, a gigantic nuclear furnace, a de-rangers term for the sun. )was helpful in this endeavor on this occasion. Being that we had cleverly placed our camp site only a quarter mile from my car, we had a short and relatively easy ... read more

From Glentana we set out across the Badlands (early French explorers named this area “mauvais terres a traverse”)- more Big Sky Montana countryside and into North Dakota. The journey was long and hot; we have had temperatures into the 100’s for several days now, which is not very comfortable! If the heat continues we will have to limit our riding hours to the mornings only, which will delay our schedule. Our destination for the evening of 7th August was the Southern end of the Theodore Roosevelt National Park - this was a real treat. The park is dedicated to the 26th president, and is about 70,000 acres in area. The landscape is very different from anything we had seen so far, but beautiful in its own way. A resident herd of bison/buffalo roamed quite happily across ... read more

Had the chance today to tour both the North and South Units of the Theodore Roosevelt National Park located in western North Dakota. North Dakota's Theodore Roosevelt National Park is a true hidden gem that doesn't get the notice that its more popular cousin "Badlands National Park" in South Dakota gets. Having seen the each state's version of the Badlands, they are quite distinct from each other. Where South Dakota's Badlands have vivid oranges, beiges and pinks and a more arid look to them, North Dakota's are much greener with pinks, beiges and even some blue hues to them. North Dakota also has very visible Rivers meandering through each Unit which adds some very, very pretty meadows with plenty of trees, vegetation and wildlife. The Badlands are very easy to spot with the colored layers in ... read more

North Dakota. What can I say about the state, which has more power line poles than human? As soon as we arrived at the Theodore Roosevelt National Park, all we could think about was how remote the area was. All we have here is open wilderness, with hills and green open fields, and buffalo are grazing in a distance. The night here is amazing, with nobody else but our group, no light obstruction coming from anywhere; all we have is our companion and thousands of stars in the sky. I introduced the brutal "Indo slap" game, which creates a lot of noise and injuries. Little Missouri River snaked through the National Park, the murky brown color of the water reminds us of chocolate milk, and even I drank a sip of it in front of Lori, ... read more