First steps in North Dakota

We stopped in Belle Fourche which prides itself as being the geographic center of all 50 states. Nice park with information on all the states. Not sure why the Colorado one was damaged.
On to Bowman, North Dakota where we had a picnic lunch in their city park. The drive was one after another beautiful field of corn, wheat and other crops we couldn’t identify. The colors were amazing and the wide open spaces are really something to see.
We lucked out by getting the last good first come first served site in the south area in Theodore Roosevelt National Park. We are paid for three nights ($7/night). We may end up in the north area too but we are still getting the lay of the land here for now.
We did learn that there is no grocery store nearby and we were counting on one being in Medora. There’s one in Dickinson 35 minutes away. We are out of food except for breakfast.
Our campground is on the Little Missouri River. After “dinner” we took a walk down to it but it was too muddy for us to venture to the water. There were some kids playing in the water. We are all still recovering from our adventure to Devils bathtub yesterday. It’s a lovely evening here, calm, little humidity but too many flies.

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