The steaks on a pitchfork at the Medora Musical
Here's our rig at the campground in Medora
Raw steaks to be cooked on the pitchforks
Bison
Medora Musical
Prairie Dogs
We arrived in Medora Wednesday and went to the musical. The Medora Musical is ND’s #1 attraction drawing over 100,000 people each year. The show features a good band and a country, patriotic and gospel segment. The singers are talented and the show is pretty good. The show is built around Theodore Roosevelt because he lived in the area before he became president and claims that the time spent here prepared him for the presidency and also inspired him to start the National Parks system. He started land conservation here in the states.
Today we went to the Theodore Roosevelt National Park. The park encompasses 70,477 acres. We saw about 100 bison and a lot of prairie dogs. The prairie dogs have “towns” that are just feet from the road. We stopped and took a lot of time and just watched them. I read one time that people at the zoo spend only 20 seconds looking at each exhibit. This is the first time I had nowhere to go except back to the RV. We really took our time and enjoyed the park. We hiked and had a picnic on a cliff above a river where bison were sunbathing just below us. The badlands are just too beautiful to explain. We bought a national parks yearly pass. It allows us into any national parks in the country.
Today we went to the Theodore Roosevelt National Park. The park encompasses 70,477 acres. We saw about 100 bison and a lot of prairie dogs. The prairie dogs have “towns” that are just feet from the road. We stopped and took a lot of time and just watched them. I read one time that people at the zoo spend only 20 seconds looking at each exhibit. This is the first time I had nowhere to go except back to the RV. We really took our time and enjoyed the park. We hiked and had a picnic on a cliff above a river where bison were sunbathing just below us. The badlands are just too beautiful to explain. We bought a national parks yearly pass. It allows us into any national parks in the country.
1 comment:
Mitch and Kim! :-)
You're taking some great pictures! I especially like the pic of the prairie dog. We actually used to have a pet prairie dog in our family - his name was Gizmo. He would stand up the same as a wild prairie dog like the one in your picture (just a bit chubbier:-). When you picked him up, he would lay on his back with all four legs in the air and close his eyes and open his mouth with his little buck teeth and wait for your to rub his belly. He loved it! The way they catch prairie dogs to sell as pets is with a vacuum truck that sucks them right out of their holes into a padded holding unit (at least that's what I read!).
It sounds like you're doing well, going where the Lord leads. I really miss you guys.
Much love,
Doug
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