TRNP - The North Unit

Well, we modified our plans somewhat for today. We had planned to stay another night in Dickinson, ND, but we just weren't that pleased with the hotel. So we packed up and checked out this morning. That meant that we weren't able to go back and see what we had missed when night fell during our tour of the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park (TRNP, remember?) yesterday.

Instead, we toured the North Unit today. It was every bit as beautiful as the South Unit, but it didn't have the variety of wildlife. In fact, I think the only wildlife we saw were bison. It was a bit on the warm side today, too, with temperatures in the upper eighties in the park.

A funny thing happened on our way out of town this morning. We saw a Subway restaurant, so we stopped in to get breakfast sandwiches, as well as lunch sandwiches to be put in our cooler for lunch later in the day. There was another couple there, ordering their lunch sandwiches, too; and we struck up a conversation with them. It turned out that they used to live in the same area where we live, and the man had been our mail carrier. It's so fun when something like that happens.

We had thought that we would just continue north, after leaving the North Unit this afternoon, and find a room in Williston, ND, on U. S. 2. Well, that place was all booked up. Every room in town, apparently. When we asked what was going on, they told us that they were drilling for oil in the area. It seems that the rooms were all taken by oil workers.

So we headed on west on U. S. 2 and didn't find a room until we reached Glasgow, Montana. It's a decent room, and the internet works. What more could we ask?

Here are a few pictures from today:
 

Scratching an Itch

Scenery at North Unit of TRNP

More Scenery at North Unit of TRNP

A Picturesque Little Church along Hwy 2 in Montana

Stay tuned. More to come tomorrow, Lord willing.