by Mary Tastad | Oct 17, 2021 | Autumn, Custer Trail Auto Tour, Maah Daah Hey, North Dakota Badlands, North Dakota scenery, Places to go, Road Trip, Snap Shot Sunday
Snapshot Sunday Drive A Sunday drive through the Badlands is better than you might think. Like that image above. Read on. It’s #1 on our top 5 Sunday Afternoon Road Trip ideas for today. #4 National Park Scenic Drive Chances are that on a Sunday Drive...
by Mary Tastad | Oct 10, 2021 | Autumn, Hike, Little Missouri National Grasslands, North Dakota Badlands, outdoors, Theodore Roosevelt National Park
A fall hike in the Badlands on one of these trails (click) is much more comfortable than a July/August hike when it is blazing hot. We have hiked the Badlands in every conceivable weather situation, in every month of the year. But we’ve learned to be more...
by Mary Tastad | Feb 12, 2021 | Custer Trail Auto Tour, North Dakota Badlands, North Dakota winter, Road Trip
Yeah, I don’t want to freeze my face either in negative temperatures – and especially not if the wind is blowing. Yikes! So, let’s consider a winter road trip. Believe it or not, it is a “year round” activity, even in North Dakota’s winter. We do it...
by Mary Tastad | Jan 17, 2021 | Hike, McKenzie County, North Dakota Badlands, North Dakota scenery, North Dakota winter, outdoors, Photography, Places to go, Theodore Roosevelt National Park, Things To Do, Watford City, Winter
This spring’s wildfires closed areas of the north Unit of the Theodore Roosevelt National Park, especially on the east side, north of the scenic drive. However, according to the TRNP website, Caprock Coulee Nature Trail remains open. This was how we did it a...
by Mary Tastad | Jan 1, 2021 | Art, Inspiration, Mild-mannered Explorers, North Dakota Badlands, Photography
In No Particular Order As you have come to know, Beautiful Badlands ND is heavy on photographs. Why just write about a beautiful region when you can show it. So, we do. I’ll bet you, too, have taken some of your own favorite images. We tabbed seven locations...
