Unfortunately, I killed my second wild animal - a frog - somewhere on the very straight road from SD into ND.
After getting into ND and observing even more straight road, we decided to break tradition and get on an interstate - 94 - and go to Glendive, Montana, stop early, and rest. On the way, we discovered the Theodore Rossevelt National Park which includes the ND Badlands. These badlands are pretty but nothing like the SD Badlands. However, we did see bison, antelope, and prairie dogs! Once at Glendive, we discovered there were NO hotel rooms to be found for 75 miles du to oil well workers. The owner of the restaurant where we had a late lunch suggested a place in Glasgow, Montana. Since we were planning to be on Highway 2 tomorrow to head to Glacier NP, we decided to try there. Lee Hunt went on line from Austin and found us a hotel - thanks! The ride up was 100 miles on back roads which is our favorite route to take on any trip. It was quite lonely with only a very few cars, but beautiful! Lots of buttes, mesas, mountains, and finally, a gorgeous lake called Fort Peck Lake.
We are in for the night and resting our tired tushes!
I'm at 4400 miles so far since July 19!
North Dakota Badlands
Who is going to blink first? He was about 1 foot from the car.
Prairie dogs safe from the wheels of my car.
Fort Peck Lake - Lewis and Clark walked this land before the land was flooded for the lake.
PS: The donkeys yesterday are called "The Begging Burros"
ummmmm, buffalo upstream!! were there a lot of them? love the lake of course.
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