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// “This broken country extends back from the river for many miles and has been called always be Indian, French voyager and American trappers alike, the Bad Lands.” -Theodore Roosevelt on the North Dakota badlands. Theodore Roosevelt National Park is split in two – the Southern Unit is directly accessible by the main highway (I-94),...

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// This is the part of the trip where I soak my shoes, socks and pants traipsing through knee high weeds to get to this giant shell of a cottonwood on the flood plain of the Little Missouri within Teddy Roosevelt National Park (South Unit). Twilight was peaking on the horizon and, as I walked...

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// It was mid-summer, and night was falling quickly on the North Dakota badlands. Hot during the day, the earth sheds its heat rapidly. We baked in the noon sun and froze at the last rays of twilight. From the Painted Canyon overlook, hues of red and gold filtered through the sky and colored even...

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