Mild-mannered Explorers

How to Rendezvous with Trappers and Traders at Fort Union This Weekend

This Weekend This weekend, June 17-19, 2022 is the biggest event at Fort Union. It's the Fort Union Rendezvous. Trappers…

2 years ago

We’re Excited to Try Cast Iron Campfire Cooking This Spring

Cast Iron Campfire Cooking I was talking the other day with a friend of mine, and he made the point…

2 years ago

Mild-mannered Explorers Travel Back Centuries to Fort Union

A cool wet September morning…and a traveling pair head west to the trading post they heard about.  That's because word…

2 years ago

Wildlife Roamed in the First Fall Colors in Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota

  Fall Already? Fall colors seemed to come on early in Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota this year.…

3 years ago

These Seven Images from 2020 are Favorites

In No Particular Order As you have come to know, Beautiful Badlands ND is heavy on photographs.  Why just write…

3 years ago

A Rush to Sunset

A Gloomy Day Reverses Itself We found out what happens if you wait until the last minute to catch a…

5 years ago

Best Cowboy Recipes for the Best Fourth Of July Celebration!

  Cowboy Recipes! What's as important as fireworks on the Fourth of July?   Food!   No gathering in the…

5 years ago

It’s Wild Out There! National Park Week. April 20 – 28, 2019

It's National Park Week.  April 20 -28, 2019 ....and a wonderful time to visit the north and south units of…

5 years ago

When too many people flood the National Park — Tips from the Mild-Mannered Explorers

These North Dakota Badlands ARE big enough. When the Theodore Roosevelt National Park has a flood of people interfering with…

6 years ago