After our short stay in Montana, we headed to North Dakota, the fastest growing state in the US. We drove through Watford City, an oil boom town with lots of oil trucks. Then we continued driving to Theodore Roosevelt national park. The next morning, we were surprised to look outside and see a whole herd of bison – in the middle of the campground! There was one really big one, a couple half grown up calves, and many others. We counted about fifteen in total. After carefully going around the bison to escape the campground, we went to the visitor center where I got my junior ranger program. That afternoon, we went on a very windy hike to a point were we could see the Little Missouri river winding its way down the valley of rock layers.
The next day we hiked to a prairie dog town. We got really close to them. Once I was sitting in the bushes watching them. I tried to stand up and walk towards them, but the whole town started “barking.” I sat back down, and they all settled down. Then I walked into the town to watch them, and a prairie dog started coming out of the hole I was standing right next to. It was so cool!
We then moved to the south unit for one night. We took a drive in the park and saw some wild horses. Coming back, we had to stop for wild turkeys in the road.
To get there, we took the Enchanted Highway, a highway with the world’s largest metal sculptures. We saw a giant eye, a giant cricket sculpture, giant fishes, a sculpture of some huge hens, and giant farmers. It was super awesome.
Becca: Thanks for the update and photos. Grandma is here visiting and we loved reading about what you all have been up to. Love you all!