05-29-2026 Friday, Miles City, Montana to Medora, North Dakota, Theodore Roosevelt National Park

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The drive was horrible. The winds were crazy. I thought we were going to be blown off the road a few times. We crossed into North Dakota at 11:00 AM. Not long after, we saw a pronghorn standing all by its lonesome. Probably trying to stay on the ground and not be blown away. We crossed over the Yellowstone River a few times. Nothing but flat plains. 

Once off the Highway and getting into the campground was a challenge due to construction.  A new hotel, Hotel 1883, is being built, and it looks like the entrance road is the same as the campground’s. Somewhat confusing since there are no street signs. Anyway...we made it. 

The Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library is opening in Medora on July 4th. Just in time for our country’s 250thcelebration of the Declaration of Independence. Medora is going to be crazy. I would love to come back here someday and see it. The library will have a living roof of grasses and native plants collected by volunteers from the surrounding prairies. Be sure to click the link above to explore what this library will offer. But first, I want to see the new Obama Presidential Center...someday. 

We checked into the office and found our spot in the campground for the next few days. So far, we are in a row all to ourselves. Barry hooked up power, water, and sewer.  We took off in the Jeep to the visitor center to get Passport Stamps and stickers before tomorrow. I wanted to get that out of the way before tomorrow. The visitor center is literally five minutes from our campsite. In the back of the visitor center was Teddy's Maltese Cross Cabin. It was closed, but we walked around and looked in the window. Tomorrow we will come when it is open. 






We decided to drive through town to see what was there, which took all of fifteen minutes. We decided to have dinner at Boots Bar & Grill. The drive today was pretty stressful for Barry, and he had no desire to cook. I don’t blame him. We walked in around 4:00 PM; it was somewhat busy, but as we sat there, it kept filling up. Seemed like this was the happening place in town. I had the bison meatballs, and Barry had steak street tacos. My meatballs were yummy, and Barry loved his steak tacos. We would highly recommend the place. After dinner, we returned to the RV, listened to the wind, and tried to relax. 









I forgot to mention we stopped here on the way back. 


I talked to my cousin Mike the other day, and he told me I had to buy this pair of socks
at the visitor center. His wife, Gail, bought a pair when they were there, 
and she says they are the best socks ever! LOL







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