North Dakota Trip - Day 6: Historic Medora, ND

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Today we drove west from Bismarck to Medora (passing through Mountain Time Zone and gaining an hour along the way). Our first stop in Medora is at the Visitors Center at Theodore Roosevelt National Park where Teddy Roosevelt's cabin stands (moved to this location from a few miles away). This cabin is unusual in that it has three rooms (most others of that day were just one room). The riting desk shown in the pictures is the actual one he used.


After lunch (a picnic at Chimney Park) we take on Bully Pulpit Golf Course just south of Medora and nestled in the heart of the North Dakota Badlands. Yes, there are badlands in North Dakota too.

The front 9 is played on the canyon floor but the back has dramatic holes from on top of the mountains hitting down to the fairways. It was 90 degrees that day but we didn't break a sweat due to the dry air.


After golf we checked into the AmericInn motel in Medora (nothing to write home about). We next enjoyed an exquisite dinner at the newly renovated Rough Rider Hotel in Medora. That evening we attended the Medora musical, proclaimed as "The Greatest Show in the West". We enjoyed both the musical as well as an incredible chinese acrobat act.