Travel Blogs from Roosevelt, United States
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Beautiful Desert
... if you let it. The cactus forests, different plants you don't see in the mountains of Montana. Sunsets that bring sighs . Hummingbirds that never stop amazing me. Stopped in Roosevelt to visit some great friends. Will spend the night then off to Payson. ...
Ranger tour to Tonto National Monument
Today Fay took us on a a trip to Tonto National Monument. We got the last 3 slots for the ranger tour. Its a 2 hour drive from Phoenix but it is really worth it. The ranger explained a lot about the plants and the history of that place Just look at the ...
Give me a home. Where... Something roams
Talk about close encounters of the big and bully kind. The Park is just gorgeous and is easy to get around. Not only did I have more buffalo time but got to go on a horse ride through the park as well. There are also prairie dog towns ...
Apache Trail Revisit
... the Roosevelt Dam was the highest masonry stone dam in the world. It was rebuilt and heightened in the 1990's and forms Roosevelt Lake, the water reservoir for the the Phoenix valley. We made a brief stops, first in Apache Junction at the foot ...
Presidents Rock!
Badlands, SD to Theodore Roosevelt National Park, ND Sunrise happens early at the Badlands but its something you want to be up for or at least catch some part of it. The temperature is around the low 50’s so packing the tent up is a breeze. ...
Four great days...
... destroyed the grasslands and with them the habitats for small mammals and songbirds. Conservation increasingly became one of Roosevelt's major concerns. When he became President in 1901, Roosevelt pursued this interest in natural history by ...
Arizona dreaming
... , and arrived at the superstition mountains in the afternoon. We got great hiking advice at the forest service office in Roosevelt lake and headed off to the Salome Canyon. We also visited Tonto National Monument, where petroleum leaks out of ...
Road Trippin' with the FAM
... packed up and headed out west for a camping adventure. We left Monday morning, june 28th and got as far as the Theodore Roosevelt National Park nestled ever so cozily in North Dakota before setting up camp. Thinking of North Dakota I never thought it had ...
Upper Falls to Tower Falls
As we were traveling to Tower Roosevelt Falls, we were stopped by a small group of buffalo (Tatanka!)! They had come off the hillside and then began to walk towards our car! OMG!!! They headed in single file straight for the car and turned only at ...
North Dakota: A True Solo Adventure to Remember
... phone's Internet, munching away and spilling mayonnaise-drenched lettuce flakes from my McChicken onto my lap. When I decided on Theodore Roosevelt National Park in Medora, ND, the GPS indicated it would take me about three hours to get there from ...
Backpacking into the wilds.
Second try at hiking into the back country and sleeping in the wild. On map cicled as Night 8 in T Roosevelt NP North Unit. Getting my feet wet at camping ...
Wiiiiild Horses
... Park in the North Dakota badlands in the evening. While I would call Yellowstone magnificent, I would call Theodore Roosevelt lovely. Softly colored buttes sprinkled with trees and colorful flowers extend in all directions. On the way ...
Night 4: Dakota to Dakota
... [sic]?" Eventually after hours of nothing on the CanAm Highway, we came to good old I-94 and took it west to Theodore Roosevelt National Park (TRNP). This has been a favorite stop of ours for 5 years now. I drove straight into the park to ...
North Dakota. You betcha!
... and rest after 4 days on the road. We figured that there must be a reason that this is the least visited National Park in the United States. So here is the review. It is a nice place to visit if you are passing through. It is not a destination onto ...
Night 5: Roosevelt Nat'l Park
Night 5: Roosevelt Nat'l Park Today we drove about 60 miles. Weather was cool, overcast, and very windy until about noon. Then, despite continuing winds, the sun broke and heated up the air to about 85 degrees. This beautiful, comfortable, and ...
A National Forest - A National Treasure
... Centre for all to enjoy. He suggested that we view their little museum which housed several personal items of Theodore Roosevelt, ranching artifacts and natural historic displays. In behind the Centre they have restored his Maltese Cross cabin, which was ...
Salado Cliff Dwelling
... From Show Low to Tonto is an interesting desert/pine forested mountain drive to Payson AZ and then down to a dry desert basin and Roosevelt Dam and resevoir. 7000 + feet to over 8000 and then downhill to 3000+/-. The resevoir is almost 98% full and ...
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