The morning started slowly in the quiet and we slept until 7:30. Dick went for a walk down to the river and found fresh bison dung nearby the RV indicating we had had visitors last night. We then drove into the balance of the southern park on a long and beautiful drive that winds around and up and down the canyons and bluffs of the area. The road is normally a large loop but had one section in the very most remote areas closed due to construction so we had to back track on part of the drive. The colors were again spectacular and we rounded one curve and on
the hill across from us was a large herd of wild bison. We climbed several of the trails and took many photos and video of the areas and the stunning and varied wildflowers that we observed nearly everywhere. The spring the year has been very wet and the foliage and plants are very green giving a vibrant coloring to the entire area. Dick is making many comparisons of this area to the beauty of the Grand Canyon but with vegetation. See photos for some of the beauty of this spectacular National Park that is so little known. We encourage everyone reading this to try and find a way to visit this beautiful area. 
About noon we finished touring the park and went into Medora to have lunch and visit some of the really neat little shops and the museum there. Medora has been carefully maintained as a vintage western town with wooden boardwalks and some dirt streets. You can really feel you have stepped back in time to the late 1800’s or very early 1900’s. Of course we bought some souvenirs and a book about the park and badlands to help preserve our fantastic memories.
It’s off to the northern section of the TRNP. We had to back track a few miles to the east to get to route 85 north along the eastern edge of the national grasslands. The day was sunny and bright but not uncomfortably hot. It took about an hour and a half to reach the northern section and we decided to enter it and check out the campground.
the hill across from us was a large herd of wild bison. We climbed several of the trails and took many photos and video of the areas and the stunning and varied wildflowers that we observed nearly everywhere. The spring the year has been very wet and the foliage and plants are very green giving a vibrant coloring to the entire area. Dick is making many comparisons of this area to the beauty of the Grand Canyon but with vegetation. See photos for some of the beauty of this spectacular National Park that is so little known. We encourage everyone reading this to try and find a way to visit this beautiful area. 
About noon we finished touring the park and went into Medora to have lunch and visit some of the really neat little shops and the museum there. Medora has been carefully maintained as a vintage western town with wooden boardwalks and some dirt streets. You can really feel you have stepped back in time to the late 1800’s or very early 1900’s. Of course we bought some souvenirs and a book about the park and badlands to help preserve our fantastic memories.
It’s off to the northern section of the TRNP. We had to back track a few miles to the east to get to route 85 north along the eastern edge of the national grasslands. The day was sunny and bright but not uncomfortably hot. It took about an hour and a half to reach the northern section and we decided to enter it and check out the campground.
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