| With gas prices so high now days and all, more people | | | | banks and vast prairies spreading out over the plains. |
| are staying closer to home when it comes to | | | | Agricultural rich farmland as far as the eye can see. |
| vacations. Our national park system is in the middle of | | | | There is nothing like it anywhere, wildlife is in |
| a real dilemma today. To many visitors, (overcrowding) | | | | abundance all over North Dakota. Buffalo roaming on |
| is putting a burden on our park system and those | | | | the plains and rugged Badlands. Mule deer, whitetail |
| maintaining and managing. | | | | deer, antelope, elk and moose live here today like they |
| No overcrowding problem here in North Dakota. Our | | | | did many years ago roaming free. |
| National and State Park System is ready for all the | | | | Camping is available everywhere in North Dakota. You |
| people who want to come visit. Make this vacation the | | | | don't have to travel far to find some of the greatest |
| best of all, visit North Dakota today! | | | | camping anywhere. State parks offer some fine |
| North Dakota offers so much to the family | | | | campgrounds with reasonable rates. Hiking and biking |
| vacationers. North Dakota has a population of approx. | | | | trails also available in most state parks. |
| 640,000, being the least populated state in the country. | | | | If your looking for a motel you won't have to look far. |
| Keeping this in mind , fellow North Dakotans are | | | | Motels are offered in most every community state |
| staying right in their own backyards when it comes to | | | | wide. Our bigger cities have the chain motels that |
| family vacations. | | | | everyone love to stay at with all the amenities, water |
| North Dakota has one national park, that being | | | | parks, jacuzzi's, and saunas to name just a few. |
| Theodore Roosevelt National Park, located in the | | | | Our state capitol, Bismark, is centrally located in the |
| Badlands of Western North Dakota. Many state parks | | | | state. When ever you are in North Dakota traveling, |
| are scattered through out the state with interpretive | | | | visiting, or vacationing, this is a must stop. The capitol of |
| centers nearby for an educational experience not | | | | North Dakota and the Heritrage Center are locate |
| soon to be forgot. | | | | here. Lots off culture and history here in the Bismark - |
| North Dakota has a fascinating history and a diverse | | | | Mandan area. |
| culture. Follow the trails of the famous explorers of the | | | | Most of of communities big and small have shing - |
| early 1800's, Lewis and Clark. Their adventure can be | | | | ding's at least once a year. Parades, games, flea |
| relived in the great outdoors of North Dakota. | | | | markets, auctions, street dances and so much more. |
| Nowhere comes closer than North Dakota when it | | | | Food vendors are out in force at many street fairs |
| comes to reliving the "Old West Days". Medora, North | | | | and community events, offering all the favorites. |
| Dakota is a great little western town in the western | | | | So why not pack up the family come vacation time |
| part of the state, offering nightly stage shows, of the | | | | and head to North Dakota for a great vacation. Come |
| way it was in the days of the wild west. | | | | live the adventure past settlers and ranchers and |
| Also in Medora you can fine many shops to find the | | | | Indians experienced in years past in the rugged Old |
| right souvenirs for memories of your trip. Great places | | | | West of North Dakota. |
| to eat, museums, and the North Dakota Cowboy Hall | | | | Come discover what North Dakota has to offer. |
| of Fame. | | | | Everything imaginable for any season of the year. A |
| Maybe the serenity of the river valleys is what you | | | | Four - Season - Playground for everyone to enjoy. |
| are looking for. Giant cottonwood trees lining the river | | | | |