Watch out for that spider!

Had a nice run this morning and headed out to look at the river before the kiddos got up.  Almost ran into this web/spider!  

 It was a beautiful morning!

 The kids wrapped up their Junior Ranger packets and were able to get their badges.

 We did a brief wildlife viewing tour that night.  

I'd heard the Wind Canyon Trail (easy .4 mile loop) was a great location for sunset viewing.  Turns out I'd heard correctly.

 Saw him on the way back to camp.

Camping at Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota

Pulled in to Theodore Roosevelt National Park in the afternoon.  Construction was holding up traffic going in and out of the park.  We had to wait 15-20 minutes to get to our campsite.  

We thought we were going to end up with a campsite that had no trees (hence, no shade) but I started checking the tags on the poles and realized the camp host hadn't removed old tags so this site (#17) was still available.  

We had a short walk to get to the Little Missouri River.  The banks were quite muddy however!

We heated up some leftover lasagna.  This was a camping treat that I need to remember to do again.  Sometimes, it's nice to get away from hot dogs and hamburgers.  We do need to check if campsites have fire pits or just grates.  This was the first one we've ever encountered that didn't have a fire pit.  It would have been helpful to have some charcoal along instead of just wood.

Serious marshmallow roasters:

A marshmallow catastrophe!

 Hanging out before an evening of wildlife viewing:

Run: Teddy Roosevelt National Park

Trails Used: Scenic Loop Drive to Jones Creek Trail

Distance:  7.1 miles
Difficulty: Easy
Overall average: 6.4 mph
Overall Time: 1 hr, 06 min
Total Ascent: 196 ft.