2006 RV - Doug & Crystal

In Wind Canyon – three of the four pictures you can see the mountainsides carved by the wind and water. Wind canyon is is actually located in the Badlands of the state.
Roosevelt's experiences in this part of the West were the inspiration for several of his books and influenced his conservationist policies later, when he was president.
All the sections you see in these pictures lie along the Little Missouri River between Medora and Watford City. The South Unit, just north of Medora, comprises a Petrified Forest, Wind Canyon, and eroded badlands. Theodore Roosevelt's Elkhorn Ranch, 35 miles (56 km) north-northwest of these areas in Medora, it includes the site where his cabin once stood. The North Unit is a scenic badlands area 12 miles (19 km) south of Watford City. Cottonwood, elm, and ash trees thrive in the area, which is inhabited by bison, deer, elk, prairie dogs, and dozens of species of birds.
In Medora we visited the Theodore Roosevelt National Park, commrates President Theodore Roosevelt's interest in the American West. It was established as a national memorial park in 1947, it underwent subsequent boundary changes and was re-designated a national park in 1978. It consists of three sections—North Unit, South Unit, and the central Elkhorn Ranch—and has a total area of 110 square miles (285 square km).