no dak, part 2 « ruminatus

no dak, part 2

I am trying to make this as succinct as possible but it is really hard because we did so much stuff. Who knew ND could have so much to see.

Day 3, Sunday, August 31st

This was a road trip day, which included some napping in the car and indescribable scenery

First we headed southwest to the town of New Town. I believe this is this closest casino to Minot, but I could be wrong. Anyway, Four Bears is your standard casino on Native American Reservation land. Plus, I got reprimanded by an employee that I was not supposed to take pictures inside the casino. I actually thought he was going to try to take my camera for a minute. What the hell?

This is either Lake Sakakawea or the Missouri River, not sure. But New Town, sits just above it

And here is the almost confiscated picture…

exciting, I know!

And this was just funny. These are all over the place

Kum & Go gas station

So the next series of photos will take you through the scenic drive through the North Unit of Teddy Roosevelt National Park. A must see.

Scenic Highway

badlands

sagebrush and plateaus

a painful but awesome surprise, native prickly pear

these were crazy cool, more coming

cannon balls

crazy rock formations

exploring

nooks & crannies

perfectly round

bison

Little Missouri River Valley

the elusive big horn sheep

So many more pics, go to my photos to see more

So one of the unique and kitschy things that I love about NoDak are the crazy large sculptures located in the most random places around the state. I only got a few…. (more coming in future posts)

giant rodeo man

On our way just out of the Park we were starving so we stopped at the famous Dam Bar in Pick City. The food was less than average and the entertainment was well, annoyingly entertaining. This was the watering hole for the builders of the garrison dam, which created Lake Sakakawea.