Day 6 - Medora, North Dakota

Got up early on Wednesday to head out to Medora, North Dakota. I had hooked up the car to the trailer Tuesday night and disconnected the electricity. We simulated what it would be like at Yellowstone without electricity. The propane furnace did very well over night and the batteries still showed 3/4 charge. That means we should be able to survive the three nights at Yellowstone without electricity using our generator to recharge the batteries during the day.

We made good time, stopping for lunch along the way and at a Wal Mart for supplies. Gas mileage was much better since I kept the speed around 62 mph. We got an average of 10.5 mpg.

So many exciting things to see along the road in North Dakota, we couldn't stop for them all. For example:

World's largest Holstein

Medora is in the middle of Roosevelt National Park. It is a nice little town with a very cute town center with shops, restaurants, and bars. Since we arrived after Labor Day, most everything was closed except for a couple restaurants and bars where the locals were hanging out. We walked into town from the Good Sam park (less than a mile) and then went back to the trailer where Ann Sue fixed her famous "Baseball Casserole". What's that you say? That's a story for another time.

Bailey enjoys dinner time in the trailer.

"Hey! Where's my plate?"

The Good Sam park, Red Trail Campground, was pretty wet from weeks of rain. Many of the sites were water-logged. We got one on the end, but the sites are very close to each other.

Tomorrow, we get up real early and head out by 6 am so we have time to stop along the Beartooth Highway into Yellowstone.