by Mike Kopp | Dec 31, 2019 | Agriculture, Billings County, Cowboys, family, North Dakota Badlands, Quality of Life
Let me tell you a story about how we joined cowboys on a cattle drive A surprising find can reward you when you get off the beaten path — even a cattle drive. You know what it feels like to have a bug urging you to step away from the crowd to see what else is...
by Mike Kopp | Dec 6, 2019 | History, Medora, North Dakota history, Photography, Things To Do
Late Day Exploration of Custer Trail Work wrapped up about an 90 minutes before sunset. We figured that gave us enough time to take a roundabout road trip on the Custer Trail. Maybe even Initial Rock? Day light was disappearing under a bank of clouds. Some would...
by Mike Kopp | Dec 1, 2019 | Medora, North Dakota Badlands, outdoors, Theodore Roosevelt National Park, Wildlife
Wildlife at dusk Just after the the sun sets in the Badlands, we leave the “golden hour” and enter the “blue hour.” Our drive into the south unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park is slow and slippery after ice left a coating on the roads...