Theodore Roosevelt National Park was another wonderful experience. I had never really heard much about the park or the Badlands of North Dakota but they are beautiful, believe me. There is a 36-mile loop that runs through the park and between the perfect day (temperature in the 60s) and the beauty of nature, we were happy campers. I'll let the pictures speak for themselves, but you know me, just a little bit of history first. Theodore Roosevelt first came to the Dakota Territory in 1883 to hunt buffalo. On February 14th of 1884, he lost both his mother and his wife, from different ailments. His wife, Alice Lee had given birth to a baby girl two days before her death. Needless to say, he was devastated and at the end of that year, he headed out for the Dakota Territories in search of healing and solitude. He lived as a rancher and worked as a sheriff for two years among others things. There's much more to the whole story that is quite interesting if you need something to Google, The park was not Roosevelt's own creation but rather it was established in 1947 as a national memorial park to honor him.
Later that day, after resting up a bit, we headed out again to further explore the area. We ended up on back gravel roads past farms and ranches and I actually started to see some of the advantages of our new trike. The ride was very smooth and I was starting to learn my way around it. It'll be just fine.
Happy trails!
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