14 May 2018
It was a quick 4 1/2 hour drive to Theodore Roosevelt National Park. The roads weren’t bad and the traffic was light, so it was a fairly enjoyable drive. Again, it’s spring and they’ve had rain and the hills are very green – not at all like I remember North and South Dakota when I worked for the Bureau of Land Management out of Miles City, Montana.
I briefly stopped at the visitor center, asked about short day hikes, and about camping. My space was reserved and paid for for 3 nights ($21 – senior rate). There are two separate sections to the park: south and north units. I’m in the south unit.
On the way to the campsite which is 5 miles from the visitor center, I passed at least two prairie dog towns. Cities would be more accurate. There were hundreds of the little things.
I quickly put up the REI Kingdom 8 and later realized I was not the only one in the park with this tent. A family of four about 4 sites down from me has one.
I opted for the heavier sleeping bag (20 F) since it is projected to be down in the low 40’s tonight.
A little disconcerting is that I seem to share the campsite with a herd of bison. At this moment, they have moved to another campsite – I can only imagine what the camper who comes in late tonight will do with several bulls and cows plopped down in the tent site. As it is, there are all kinds of hoof marks around the tent.
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The scope of the fire is massive. It looks as though the entire western part of the south unit was totally burned.
One other stop was Scoria Point which has highly colored scoria formations.
Another was Buck Hill that gave you a great view from the second tallest part of the park (just over 2,800 feet). Let me now say that the difference in altitude from Great Sand Dunes to Theodore Roosevelt is certainly letting me breathe a little easier. In the GSD, I was mostly over 9,000 feet. Here at TRNP, I can bend over and tie my shoes with little effort.
On the return loop of the scenic drive there were three mustangs at the river edge. The river is the Little Missouri and the park is noted for its wild mustang population. I suspect it is getting out of control like most places in the west. There’s always a controversy about culling herds of mustangs out here.
Dinner tonight was in town at Medora, ND. It’s strictly a tourist town with mostly bars and restaurants all done up in a western theme. However, the pizza was good.
Hopefully, I’ll make it through the night without a bison invasion.
