From Bear country to Buffalo Country! We travelled out of Minnesota into North Dakota. Now, a lot of people we met on our travels suggested we bypass North Dakota as it is mainly prairie lands and apparently boring to travel through. So, torn between that advice and wanting to see the Dinosaur Museum in Dickinson, we decided to take a punt and go. And boy are we glad we did! Whilst North Dakota is mainly flattish prairie land (which are an attraction in themselves), we happened upon quite a few lovely little towns with a variety of attractions.
World's Largest Buffalo Monument
Comparing "us" to the buffalo
One such place was Jamestown. Whilst the town itself wasn’t that pretty, it had the World’s Largest Buffalo Monument built in 1959. It was recently named Dakota Thunder at it’s 50th birthday celebrations. Apparently the buffalo commemorates the vast herds that once roamed the prairies.
Frontier Village
Near this sculpture was a little village called the Frontier Village, which was obviously for tourists. It was very quaint and we enjoyed having a look around at what a village from that era would look like. Didn’t make much headway with travelling, so camped the night at a campsite in Jamestown.
Ride 'em Cowboy!
Like riding a horse!
Now that's a chair!
"This" is what will happen.....
....if you're doing "this" underage!
The next day we were off. We’ve all had a bout of the flu, but Kaitlin seemed to get it worse than the rest. Probably good to travel as she could sleep on her bed.
Stopping at a park in Dickinson.
Trev and Akaisha
Topography changes quite significantly throughout North Dakota
Sculptures along the way.
We stopped at Dickenson on the way to Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Dinosaur Museum was closed, which turned out fine as we arrived at the Painted Canyon in time to see a beautiful view of North Dakoda’s Badlands.
Looking at the beautiful "Badlands" view.
The Painted Canyon
The next blog takes you into Theodore National Park (which really was gorgeous). See you then…………….
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