Theodore Roosevelt National Park, Dickinson, ND

The smoke around Glacier NP and in B.C. chased us away from our original route from Calgary. With hourly updates from some friends in the area, we made the painful decision to abandon Glacier and head to the Dakotas to escape the fires. After a quick night in central Montana, we pulled into Dickinson, North Dakota. That area of ND was beautiful. We spent two days exploring Theodore Roosevelt NP. I had never heard of the park, so I was not sure what to expect. The park is surprising with its sandstone formations and grass plains. We spent one day at the south unit and the second day at the north unit. The air was hazy from the smoke on our first day, so the pictures don't do it justice. We enjoyed our first experience with a prairie dog town, saw several bison and learned a lot about the formation of the sandstone features and the Little Missouri River. Fun fact about ND is that it is the least visited state in the US, but tourism is the #3 source of income for the state.