After leaving West Yellowstone, our travel plan took us to Billings where we set up camp at a very nice KOA. Our itinerary was to drive up to Red Lodge and head over Beartooth Pass. We were fighting the smoky wildfire haze, but the Beartooth Highway was still outstandingly beautiful! It is US Route 212 in Montana and Wyoming, between Red Lodge and the North East entrance to Yellowstone. Beartooth Pass is 10,947 feet above sea level. Our hometown in Texas is 30 feet above elevation. It’s no wonder we struggle in the higher elevations! Here are some pictures showcasing some of the beauty we saw.
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| Steep, winding and curvy road |
Next up on the travel agenda was to head to Medora, North Dakota where you will find the Theodore Roosevelt National Park. First of all, the landscape here is beautiful. Teddy came here in 1883 to hunt bison. He was a New Yorker, young, skinny and spectacled. He couldn’t have imagined how his adventure here in this remote land would affect our nation. As you know, Teddy Roosevelt helped shape a conservation policy we still benefit from today. The NPS had the campground closed due to construction updates so we stayed at the Medora Campground. And by the way, the town of Medora is quite quaint. Some things were closed and I was not sure if due to Covid or just the season for things to start closing.
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| Our first time to see a fishing trailer. They ice fish by removing trap doors in the floor. Dual purpose! |
We drove through both the North and South Units of the
park. They are 68 miles apart. We saw lots of wild horses, bison and pretty
fall foliage.
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| Pretty windy at the top! |
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| Little Missouri River |
Next up our travels take us to South Dakota to the Custer
area.
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