El Rancho Motor Hotel Williston

We left Riverdale yesterday ( sunday ) and headed north about 40 miles before making a turn to the west. After just under 130 miles driving on scenic backroads we pulled into the Lewis & Clark State Park. So, in total we travelled just under 170 miles. The campground we left was located at Garrison Dam which is the eastern end of Lake Sakakawea. The campground we are staying at sits along the shores of the same lake which ...

We got through Montana today. On our way through we stopped at Glasgow Pioneer Museum. Bill met his "idol" there. You need to look at the picture. It was a good day, sunny and about 81. Glad it did not get into the 90's as the weatherman predicted. We were glad we came across Montana. Not much to report though as we traveled most of the day.
More later.

... of the Missouri River. Never heard of that before I came to Bismarck. Never seen it before.

I drove through the Killdeer Mountains (only North Dakota would call these hills "mountains"!) and through some of the beautiful badlands of North Dakota.

... a good look at the confluence and realized that up to this point on the trip, we have basically been following the Missouri River. When we leave here tomorrow, we will head southwest into Montana and follow the Yellowstone River to Hardin. We feel like Lewis and Clark, but we travel in a much better style.

We are at the western edge of the central time zone, and far enough north that it is still light out at 9:30 PM.

Theodore Roosevelt National Park (North unit) was our site of the day. We pulled in with the motor home, unhitched at the park, and saw the park, and drove on to Williston. In the park, we finally got to see all the buffalo we had been looking for. We spent about two hours driving the park road, stopping at all the pull-outs. The park includes both the Badlands rock formations and grasslands. It was quite ...

... was a land of sharp ridges, colorful spires, buttes, deep gorges, steeped walled canyons, gullies, weathered by wind and water of the Little Missouri River.




This road parallels the North Roosevelt National Park. We made several stops as Bob ignored the rain and howling wind to take some photos. This area was a sweeping vista of the last ...

... not to laugh but I had visions of this guy - "spread your arms on the car, buddy - swat swat swat - go ahead, make - swat swat - my day! Swat swat!!!!! He was really nice too! No power trip or anything - just lets us know about the change in speed limit and tells us to slow down and be careful. LOL. Gave us a hurry up though! Came into town of Williston - and once again, no room at the inn - the town has been ...

... getting to say this: the mosquitos were unlike anything i'd ever experienced. as soon as you stepped outside, there would be a brown swarm swirling around you. we would go outside in pairs--one person to accomplish a task and the other to beat away the mosquitos. they especially liked maxine, and if she went outside, there would be at least 20 landed on her in a matter of seconds. it was really crazy... they had a really unique room in the house. the husband really loves ...

Heading west our next stop was Lewis and Clark State Park on the Missouri River where Lewis and Clark camped in the old days while exploring the west. The river is low, the locals say that the corp of eng. are letting to much water out,but I feel that the whole area needs rain.That night we had a downspout with marble size hail. The next day the temperture jumped up to high 80 and cool nights. good summer weather. Ray and Christa