Day 24 - Theodore Roosevelt National Park - July 7th, 2025

After our steak dinner, we took a drive into Theodore Roosevelt National Park.  One of the things I love doing when we stop at visitors centers, is to see if there’s an auditorium or  viewing area, where they’ll often be showing a film about the park. It’s a quick way to learn about what the park has to offer and if there’s any specific parts of it we should make sure to see. The film shown at Roosevelt incorporated the story of the man himself, who started off an explorer/rancher and ended up President. His home property here was preserved nearby, but like other parks, the square mileage is so large, we wouldn’t have time to go visit that particular area. Instead, we opted for a slow ride down a 30 mile loop road that was closed at one end, requiring us to turn around and backtrack. This worked out nicely as we were able to get a second look at certain things. For instance, Caleb insisted he saw some turkeys, which I admit I felt skeptical about. I didn’t realize there were wild turkeys in North Dakota. Turns out, on the back, we found them. He was right!

But that wasn’t all. For a solid hour at least, we saw tons of bison, deer, prairie dogs, wild horses and more.

By far, the most wildlife we’ve seen in any park, was here at Roosevelt.

This was the final national Park on our trip, so it was really nice to have such a great experience seeing the wildlife of the west. 

We’ve seen a lot of parks, but as you can see here, there’s still a lot to look forward to. Let’s hope Liz doesn’t lose her extra stickers before then.