Tag: Badlands

  • Badlands Less Traveled

    Badlands Less Traveled

    After a couple of nights in the southern unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park we drove the seventy-five miles up to the northern unit and camped for the night. Another hot and dry day, with temps over 90F in the late afternoon. The northern park is much quieter, with fewer campers and far less traffic.…

  • Eighty on Eighty

    Eighty on Eighty

    The fastest way to drive across the northern plains is to hit one of the Interstate highways, set the cruise at 80, and zone out for a day. Much slower, but it far more interesting is to pick one of the even numbered US highways and drive through the small towns, past the farms, fields…