Walk Softly And Create Big National Parks

This national park in western North Dakota is named after the 26th president of these United States, Theodore Roosevelt. Rightly so, because more than any other president before or since he put the ethos of conservation into the public spotlight and helped further the concept of national parks. The beautiful badlands in this region inspired TR as a young man.

We didn't see any actual bison (my favorite large land animal) but I know they're here because on the scenic drive there was a pile of poop in the road so big we had to swerve the car around it.