Medora - Everything we expected!

North Dakota - What a beautiful state so far.  Medora is a little town with some history, nestled in a large depression just across the state line from Montana.  The miles went by today with certainty as we made our way to this little cowpoke kinda town.  MT route 200, 2 lane 300 plus miles revealed scenery that kept us interested all the way.  The Judith Mountain range was rolling smaller mountains with the distinctive ponderosa pine scattered about really made me want to stop the jeep and fill my lungs with sweet sweet smell.  The great plains returned as an old friend with its rolling hills, grassy knolls, mule deer and pronghorn dotting the country side.  The roads seem to go on forever here.  I counted a 6 1/2 mile stretch straight as an arrow.

I measured this portion at 4 miles.

Teddy Roosevelt put Medora on the map.  We are bedded down tonight at the Rough Riders Hotel in Medora. An establishment he help to get started and named after Teddy and the Rough Riders.  The building has been renovated and we compared to the pictures, they did a pretty good job!  It makes you feel as if you were back in the early 1900's.  After a walk through town to get the kinks out, we ate supper at the Rough Riders restaurant.

Colonel Roosevelt, 1898

Tomorrow the plans include taking in the Theodore Roosevelt National Park, and maybe an ice cream cone!

Jim & Tam