Month: July 2015

Last week we were in North Dakota and visited Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Before he was a Rough Rider and before he became President Teddy Roosevelt was a rancher. In the late 1800s he owned two ranches in North Dakota, Elkhorn Ranch and Maltese Cross Ranch.  He was not a very good rancher and both ranches failed within a few years. We may never have known anything about him had he succeeded. Decades later in 1947  the land around these ranches  was set aside as Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

The park was beautiful and not crowded. Lots to see.

Bison

 

 

 

 

 

Prarie Dogs (cute and noisy)

 

 

 

Interesting Rock Formations

 

 

 

Beautiful Scenery

 

We are now staying in Wall, SD (home of Wall Drug).

 

Mount Rushmore, and the Crazy Horse Memorial are nearby and we visited both Sunday.

 

 

 

Last week we were in Grand Teton National Park. What a beautiful place!! The Teton Mountain Range is like nothing I have ever seen before.

 

 

 

 

 

 

We hiked around to the far side of Jenny Lake and took the ferry back. Reminds me a lot of Green Lake in Maine.

 

 

 

 

 

We took a 90 minute cruise on Jackson Lake and spotted some eagles (baby on edge of nest, mom watching from nearby dead tree).

 

 

 

And we saw plenty of other sights as well.