Roadtrip! The One Where They Hunt Dinosaurs!!! Day 10


Today was our last day in Dinosaur Country. We started our morning off in Glendive, Montana. Our first stop was the Glendive Dinosaur Museum. They base their museum off of creationism, which made for an interesting start to our day. Dane was not impressed. 



Then we stopped at a Music and More Store. It was recommended by the front desk clerk at our hotel. Damian was in heaven and they had a giant t-rex skeleton too. 



Then we went to Makoshika State Park. They have found Dinosaurs in the park. We didn't have a lot of time, so we just checked out the visitor's center. 




Then, we left Montana and our first stop in North Dakota was in Dickinson
 at the Badlands Dinosaur Musuem. 




The rest of our day was driving across North Dakota. We had to make a stop to see Salem Sue.... which was udderly cool.... The biggest Holstein in the world. 


And then we stopped in Jamestown to see the largest Buffalo in the world. They also have a wild Buffalo herd and the National Buffalo Musuem. We arrived too late to visit the museum, and although we did see some of the Buffalo, we did not find the 2 white Buffalo that are a part of the herd. It was still a fun little leg stretcher! 


Our day ended in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. Where the population is quadrupled if you add in the mosquitoes! (Yikes!)

Trip State Count (9): Michigan - Wisconsin - Minnesota - South Dakota - Wyoming - Colorado - Utah - (Wyoming) - Montana - North Dakota - (Minnesota)

We won't add any more new states to the list as we are on our drive home now. Tomorrow will be our last day and doesn't have any planned Dinosaur stops, but you never know what we may find along the way! 

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