[...] When you think of North Dakota, you may think of wide open spaces, flat land, and long stretches of straight roads.  You may think of fishing or hunting in the Devils Lake area.  You may think of Medora and the Badlands and Theodore Roosevelt National Park. [...]

[...] When you think of North Dakota, you may think of wide open spaces, flat land, and long stretches of straight roads.  You may think of fishing or hunting in the Devils Lake area.  You may think of Medora and the Badlands and Theodore Roosevelt National Park. [...]

[...] Dakota than you ever thought you wanted to know.  You’ve seen the beautiful Badlands of Theodore Roosevelt National Park as well as the rolling hills and buttes of the Old Red/Old Ten Scenic Byway.  What I’ll [...]

[...] lunch, drive through the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.  It will take about an hour and a half if you don’t stop too much or have to follow a [...]

[...] may remember my Photo Friday of  Theodore Roosevelt National Park a few weeks ago.  Theodore Roosevelt National Park is unique in that it has two sections–the [...]

[...] Theodore Roosevelt National Park Posted on Friday, June 26th, 2009 in National Park Service – Comments: (11) I realize my past few Photo Fridays have been of really big things, but this week I’m changing it up a bit.  Instead of larger-than-life man-made things, I’ll show off some of North Dakota’s natural beauty:  Theodore Roosevelt National Park in the Badlands of North Dakota.  These photos are from the South Unit of the park, near Medora.  You’ll see the North Unit in a later post. [...]

From Medora to Bismarck would be about a 2-hour drive. The speed limit in North Dakota is 75, so you’ll make good time.

Your plan should be doable, and you might even have some time for extra sights in Medora or Bismarck along the way.

Let me know if I can be of more help!

From what I am mapping out so far we will be coming from Little Bighorn Battlefield (morning) and coming across 94 to Medora and stopping at Theodore Roosevelt National Park (afternoon). Looking like a 3 1/2 hr or so drive in-between…

How much time should we allow for the southern unit of the park. I think I read that there was a 36 mile loop? did I read right?

Our plan was to then continue on to Bismarck – but didnt know if that would be too much in one day. Basically, we can get in late to Bismarck – getting to the hotel late that night would not be a problem for us…

Any suggestions would be appreciated !

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In Medora, we ate at the Chuckwagon buffet. I usually stay away from buffets, but the staff were accommodating, and things like plain mashed potatoes and noodles would be pretty hard to mess up, so I was comfortable there.

The young women working in the ice cream parlor offered to sanitize the scoop as soon as I mentioned his allergy.

I’ve heard that the pizza place is very good, and the food stand on the Chuckwagon patio, so those would be other options.

The Pitchfork Fondue (about which I’ll be writing soon) fries the steaks in sunflower or safflower oil (can’t remember which) and the brownie was the only thing we stayed away from in the side-dish line.

One thing about North Dakotans is that they’re friendly and bent over backwards when we had any questions. I found that to be comforting.

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I remember reading that you have a food allergy of some kind in your family. Do you have any tips on finding restaurants in that area or on the long trip across North Dakota? I know Bismarck and Fargo will give us ample choices, but I don’t know about Medora and such.

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