by Mary Tastad | Oct 1, 2022 | Autumn, Camping, Little Missouri National Grasslands, Maah Daah Hey, North Dakota Badlands, outdoors, Photography, Places to go, Theodore Roosevelt National Park, Things To Do
It’s kind of a scarred-up place. We like Magpie Valley because it’s pretty isolated and that’s why it’s free to be just what it is, wild and free. Antelope are at home here. We’ve seen mountain lion tracks, so I guess they know where to get wild and free...
by Mary Tastad | 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 Mary Tastad | Aug 7, 2017 | Camping, Hike, McKenzie County, Mild-mannered Explorers, North Dakota, Theodore Roosevelt National Park, Watford City
A cool night’s sleepThe Mild-mannered Explorer lay in his tent, feeling the cool morning air pass through the open windows. He’d dropped the canvas coverings of the windows when he crawled in the tent the night before so a cool breeze would evict the heat...