Our Summer Vacation 2010 Day 6

Day 6-Wednesday July 7

Drove to Theodore Roosevelt National Park South Unit.  There is a 36 mile driving loop.  There were some very nice views, some interesting rock formations.  The kids loved the prairie dog towns all along the way.  They were disappointed in the amount of wild life we saw.  Halie really wanted to see the feral horses, but we barely got a glimpse of them.  We saw only one buffalo, but did get a close up view.  The kids were kind of bored and didn’t even want to get out and do some of the short walking trails.  Seems like this National Monument was kind of a bust for them, but Rex and I liked it.  We decided not to drive to the North Unit.  It was several hours away, and since the kids didn’t seem too thrilled with the South Unit, we thought it would be a waste of time.

Rex really wanted to visit the Badlands, so we stopped at a view point where we could see the Painted Desert Canyon.  It was absolutely amazing.  There were unique rock formations as well as the different colored rocks that were layered through out the valley.

Stayed in Miles City,  where Rex and Rachel left the kids locked in the hotel watching Disney Channel while we did laundry and a laundromat across the street.  It takes a lot less time to do 4 loads of laundry when they are all going at once.  Too bad I don’t have room at home for more washers and dryers.

Kids went swimming late with mom.