Trip Planning, Canada and USA

padredw wrote:

DrewE wrote:
One obvious place to consider is Yellowstone. Yes, it's popular and often crowded during the summer, but it's also a beautiful and geologically unique place. You would be well advised to make reservations as soon as possible for camping in or near Yellowstone.

You're also passing pretty close to Glacier National Park and to Teddy Roosevelt National Park with your proposed itinerary.

I had the same thought--plus the possibility of dropping down to the area around Rapid City, SD: Custer State Park, Iron Mountain Road, Needles Highway, Rushmore.

We followed your route across North Dakota from West to East, coming up from South Dakota (as above). We stayed at Medora for a visit to the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park, and at Mandan (Bismark) at the Fort Lincoln State Park for a visit to the Lewis and Clark sites in the area.

The area of Minnesota around Detroit Lakes was one of our favorite stops on our trip, with its lakes and forests.