North Dakota

While at the Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota we’ve seen animals and some gorgeous views. Prairie dog towns are always fun.  They were chattering away at me for trying to come close.  This one looks to be a younger prairie dog.

A yellow canary.

Part of the park is considered painted desert.  Gorgeous views. 

There were sections of the park that have coal in the hills that have burnt for 25 years.  The fires bake the rocks around it.  Other sections of the park had a petrified forest.  This one is supposed to be the 3^rd largest in the US.  We didn’t get to it (either a 16-mile round trip hike or a longer drive on a dirt road) but I’d like to come back sometime to see more.  We did see this piece in the visitors’ center.