by Mike Kopp | Nov 25, 2017 | North Dakota, North Dakota scenery, Winter
Dave Wilson, a trucker driving through Western North Dakota saw something one night that inspired this description. The Battle for the Highway by Dave Wilson It was a cold dark lonely night. Distant light sources beamed straight up, like sentries on guard with shiny...
by Mike Kopp | Nov 24, 2017 | Places to go, Watford City
What can we do in the Badlands when it is cold? Socialize! Yes, it can be cold, but that doesn’t mean you have to crawl into a cave until spring. There are old cowboy tricks learned a century ago. Part 1 encourages you to try an old cowboy trick: sample the coffee...
by Mike Kopp | Nov 20, 2017 | journal, Mild-mannered Explorers, North Dakota winter, Things To Do
Hidden History on the border People drive by the state’s only railroad tunnel and don’t even know it. It’s hidden history on the border. That last couple miles on Highway 200 headed into Montana takes people alongside a quarter-mile long tunnel, hidden from...
by Mike Kopp | Nov 17, 2017 | Find Out Friday, journal, North Dakota winter, Places to go, Small towns, Things To Do, Watford City
Explore Coffee Road — a way to beat winter in the Badlands. We’re looking for one more cup of coffee. Got ideas? We’d like to hear them. Coffee is our way to stand victorious over the isolation and desolation of white, white and white — and...
by Mike Kopp | Nov 13, 2017 | journal, North Dakota scenery
Black Tail Prairie Dogs They’re not flickertails, but close. Prairie dogs are like their famous cousins, the flickertails. Before the official nickname “Peace Garden State” was adopted in 1957, North Dakota was known as “The Flickertail State.” And while the...
