Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Day 17 - Medora, North Dakota - Badlands

The Badlands of Western North Dakota are vast. They are very similar to the badlands of South Dakota, if you've ever seen them. There are very rough valleys and bluffs as far as the eye can see. It kind of makes you think that John Wayne and the Calvary will be coming around the bend at any moment to save the day. The part that we saw is in the Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Teddy lived here for some time (We saw his actual house in the National Park) before he was president and owned a ranch here. He was very much into conservation and was responsible for many of our National Parks.