by Mike Kopp | Jul 9, 2022 | Dunn County, Fishing, Lake Sakakawea, North Dakota scenery, Photoblog, Snapshot Saturday
Boats and a Bull Snake A drive through Mossett Bay to the boat dock is a drive through a quiet, well-kept collection of summer homes. The boat dock is not busy, but a continual stream of boats came and went when we visited this week. The rocky shoreline...
by Mike Kopp | Jul 7, 2022 | Boating, Camping, Dunn County, family, Fishing, Lake Sakakawea, Little Missouri Bay, Little Missouri River, North Dakota, North Dakota Badlands, North Dakota scenery, outdoors, Places to go, Quality of Life, Road Trip
Update We wrote earlier this summer that the gem at the Little Missouri Bay Recreation Area near Dunn Center was without water. Back then, conditions were dry, rain was scare, river levels were low, boat ramps were useless. Even then, though, the campsites were...
by Mike Kopp | Jul 4, 2022 | Cowboys, Dunn County, History, Killdeer, rodeo
Flag Time We love going to the Killdeer Mountain Roundup Rodeo. To us it seems about as authentic as you can get. And it starts days early in the preparation when they put up the Flags at the Killdeer Mountain Roundup Rodeo. Sure there are bigger and louder rodeos...
by Mike Kopp | Jul 3, 2022 | Cowboys, Dunn County, Little Missouri River, North Dakota, North Dakota Badlands, Photoblog, Places to go, Quality of Life, Summer
Mud — It’s to Play in Yesterday’s trail riding kids are today’s Little Missouri River mud-playing kids. The kids at the Trail Ride Family Bible Camp at the Little Missouri State Park get bussed to the Little Missouri River mud. I’ll bet...
by Mike Kopp | Jul 2, 2022 | Cowboys, Dunn County, Little Missouri State Park, North Dakota Badlands, North Dakota scenery, Photoblog, Photography, Places to go, Quality of Life
Little Missouri State Park — a Trail Ride Paradise Where else in the state can you find great big badlands — 650 feet deep — and class 10 trails for a family camp trail ride. The Little Missouri State Park. It opened late this year, just in time to...
by Mike Kopp | Jul 1, 2022 | Hike, Little Missouri River, McKenzie County, North Dakota Badlands, North Dakota scenery, outdoors, Theodore Roosevelt National Park, Things To Do
1. Go When It’s Green Now’s the time hike the National Park After a couple of exceptionally dry years, the Badlands are lookin’ pretty good this time of year. That makes it an exceptionally beautiful time to hike the National Park interior....
by Mike Kopp | Jun 27, 2022 | Dunn County, Hike, Little Missouri River, Little Missouri State Park, North Dakota Badlands, North Dakota scenery, Places to go, Things To Do
See How it is Unusual and Impressive For this Iowa farm boy, the extreme landscape of the northern tip of the Badlands was impacting. It was my first trail ride in the Little Missouri State Park. Fortunately, the horse I rode was well trained and handled the narrow...
by Mike Kopp | Jun 26, 2022 | Uncategorized
Bet you don’t remember this history of Killdeer Mountain Roundup by Mike Kopp | Feb 22, 2018 | journal, North Dakota history, Small towns, Things To Do | 0 comments History of the Killdeer Mountain Roundup For nearly 100 years the Killdeer Mountain Roundup Rodeo has...
by Mike Kopp | Jun 17, 2022 | family, Mild-mannered Explorers, Missouri River, Montana, Native American, North Dakota, North Dakota history, Places to go, Things To Do
This Weekend This weekend, June 17-19, 2022 is the biggest event at Fort Union. It’s the Fort Union Rendezvous. Trappers and traders from all over Canada and the US descend on the historic site, much like they did in 1830. Fort Union Trading Post was not a...
by Mary Tastad | Jun 14, 2022 | Billings County, family, Food, Medora, North Dakota, Tasty Tuesday
For Years and Years, Taffy A mainstay of the Medora, North Dakota business scene for years has been The Taffy Shop and Galley. Few people realize that this candy emporium is open year around, not just during tourist season. And, they ship taffy world wide! Luscious...
