May 16 - Hiking at Theodore Roosevelt Natl Park, ND

Bluffs hike

Wind Canyon hike

May 16 Coyote on the hunt - Theo Roosevelt NP

May 20 - How did I get here? (Duluth, MN)

Holed up in the Aliner - 43F with 20 mph winds - rain arriving shortly. Not the camping experience I was hoping for. (Indian Point CG,  Duluth, MN)

Fargo ND May 17

So bad weather to the west (2foot of snow in Yellowstone) and bad weather to the south (tornadoes  in the plains) so we went north and east to Fargo, ND.  We drove across North Dakota into 30 mile per hour winds and got to Fargo for a hotel night.  It was a good one.  Hot tube, free dinner, great breakfast and all for $68 per night, the C'Inn just great. 
Looking at a new plan, the upper peninsula of Michigan, Lake Superior and then into Canada.  Maybe back to Algonquin Provincial Park (thinking about you Bill and Billy Lee).  Gotta be flexible!

Theodore Roosevelt National Park, Medora, ND May 15&16

Hiking in TR Nat'l Park

So the forecast and the long range forecast for Yellowstone was really very sobering so we decided to go north to Roosevelt NP in North Dakota.  We've spent two lovely days here.  This is probably one of the least visited NPs in the country because it really is on the road to nowhere but nonetheless a really neat park.  We got another great campsite and had hardly setup before another bison arrived to greet us.  The area is different from the Badlands and the Black Hills but still has a other worldly look to it.  Giant mounds rising from the earth surrounded by sagebrush, wildflowers and prairie.  I can only imagine what the settlers thought as they came upon this place.  We were able to bike part of the wildlife loop, complete some short hikes (at the ranger's suggestion, and we always do what the ranger suggests) and finally see our first coyote.  Carole spent a bit of time trying to get her GoPro movie camera into a prairie dog hole, no joy there.
Current plan is to go east and then into the upper peninsula of Michigan and then into Canada.  We are watching the weather carefully and are grateful not to be further south where the tornados are a real threat today.

Carole's Go Pro on her biking helmet on top of prairie dog home!

This is why we decided NOT to continue on to Yellowstone

Bison in the campsite