by Mike Kopp | Aug 2, 2021 | Custer Trail Auto Tour, Dickinson, Hike, History, North Dakota Badlands, outdoors, Photography, Places to go, Theodore Roosevelt National Park
This Weekend, Explore the Best Places in the Badlands Don’t sit at home, take advantage of the weather to visit the best places in the Badlands. It costs less than you think, and the rewards will last longer than your bank account. ...
by Mike Kopp | Jun 28, 2020 | Custer Trail Auto Tour, Dickinson, History, North Dakota history, outdoors, Places to go, Road Trip, Things To Do
Truth or Myth? Did it really snow on Custer? What’s a Snow Camp? At first I didn’t believe it. It sounded like an urban myth, an old wives tale, or cowboy folklore. In fact, when I repeated the story, I felt guilty, like I was telling a falsehood. How could one...
by Mike Kopp | Jun 27, 2020 | Custer Trail Auto Tour, Golden Valley County, History, Photoblog, Square Butte
Brilliant Summer Colors in Western North Dakota Brilliant summer colors took us by surprise when we adventured through western North Dakota. Our goal was to find General Custer’s Snow Camp. There he and his troops were caught by surprise when a frigid...
by Mike Kopp | May 23, 2020 | Billings County, Dickinson, Hike, History, North Dakota history, Snapshot Saturday, Things To Do
Saturday Snapshot on the East Custer Trail Years ago, we headed to a high point on one of the nastiest winter days to get a shot of sunset over the Badlands, west of the Missouri River. We crossed the Custer Trail a time or two on our drive west of the River. Then,...
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...
