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Recommendations Needed for Missouri and North Dakota
Posted on 5/5/24 at 4:12 pm
Posted on 5/5/24 at 4:12 pm
Only have two states left to go out of all 50 so figure this is as good a time as ever to knock this item off my bucket list. Not sure when the best time of the year is to visit Missouri or North Dakota, but guessing late summer/early fall here in Florida is a good time to venture out. Timeline would be a long weekend (Thursday night to Sunday). If anyone has any recommendations for either state, would be highly appreciated 
Interests- Breweries, sporting events, national parks, festivals. Think single 30s age guy stuff. Definitely more on the laid back side of life now than the rager side
North Dakota- Only major cities I can think of are Bismarck or Fargo
Missouri- Kansas City and Saint Louis are the main airports to fly in/out of. Not sure where the good/bad parts are in either city
Interests- Breweries, sporting events, national parks, festivals. Think single 30s age guy stuff. Definitely more on the laid back side of life now than the rager side
North Dakota- Only major cities I can think of are Bismarck or Fargo
Missouri- Kansas City and Saint Louis are the main airports to fly in/out of. Not sure where the good/bad parts are in either city
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Posted on 5/5/24 at 4:48 pm to CuseTiger
Theodore Roosevelt National Park would be the place to check out in ND, it is very isolated way out on the western edge of the state. Late summer/fall is probably the best time to go, Medora is the tourist town in the park that has a bunch of western/cowboy stuff. The park is very scenic with a lot of wildlife, not very busy either since it is so isolated.
This post was edited on 5/5/24 at 4:50 pm
Posted on 5/5/24 at 7:19 pm to fargobison
Was hoping you'd chime in here. Any reason to fly into Bismarck and do that stretch of ND versus flying into Fargo and hanging out over there? How long do you think I'd need over near that park? I'm actually looking at labor day weekend, either leave Thursday night come back Monday or could leave Friday night come back Monday.
Posted on 5/5/24 at 8:47 pm to CuseTiger
If you like breweries, Fargo has some great ones. Drekkar is one of my all time favorites. Junkyard is another good one. For the size of
town there is another handful that would be worth the time. Not scenic but can drink a lot of beer.
town there is another handful that would be worth the time. Not scenic but can drink a lot of beer.
Posted on 5/6/24 at 6:07 am to CuseTiger
Fargo has some cool breweries to check out (Pixeled brewing, lots of arcade games too).
Loved Theodore Roosevelt NP. The pitchfork steaks they do in Medora are really good.
Loved Theodore Roosevelt NP. The pitchfork steaks they do in Medora are really good.
Posted on 5/6/24 at 2:21 pm to CuseTiger
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Was hoping you'd chime in here. Any reason to fly into Bismarck and do that stretch of ND versus flying into Fargo and hanging out over there? How long do you think I'd need over near that park? I'm actually looking at labor day weekend, either leave Thursday night come back Monday or could leave Friday night come back Monday.
If you wanted to do the park I would fly into Bismarck, you could spend a few days in the park and another checking out Bismarck.
Fargo does have some great breweries, Junkyard and Drekker are awesome. Not sure there is a lot else to do, Bison football games are fun if you line your trip up with that, the tailgating with all the custom rigs people have is very cool.
Posted on 5/6/24 at 7:56 pm to CuseTiger
We were on a fall foliage road trip in northern Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota last fall and decided to go to ND and Theodore Rosevelt NP. Neither my wife nor I had been to ND. TRNP struck me as a poor man's Badlands NP in SD. I'm glad we went but wouldn't drive across ND again to see it.
There is a north unit and a south unit. There is also a 3rd unit but the ranger said it wasn't worth the time to go there and IIRC the road was not paved.
We stayed in Dickinson, ND which was nice town. Got in late in the day and drove to TRNP the next morning. We had a good meal at Blue 42 Sports Grille & Bar; it was Sunday evening and some NFL games were on.
The southwest corner of ND is in the Mountain Time Zone and the rest of the state is in the Central TZ. The north unit is Central, the south unit is Mountain.
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We drove to the north unit first and the visitor center is about an hour from Dickinson. It is in and out, 14 miles one way.
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The north unit is where we saw bison and big horn sheep. The bison seemed more calm than those in YS; maybe we were in YS during the rut.
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The south unit is a loop road but the last 6 miles were under construction when we there and we had to turn around and go back the way we came. I think we turned around near the Ridgeline Trail. Mostly we saw prarrie dogs in the south unit.
We were there Oct 22, 2023 and Medora had pretty much shut down.
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This sign was on a store across from the Cowboy Museum. I don't know if the museum was open.
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A couple of pieces of artwork outside the museum.
There is a north unit and a south unit. There is also a 3rd unit but the ranger said it wasn't worth the time to go there and IIRC the road was not paved.
We stayed in Dickinson, ND which was nice town. Got in late in the day and drove to TRNP the next morning. We had a good meal at Blue 42 Sports Grille & Bar; it was Sunday evening and some NFL games were on.
The southwest corner of ND is in the Mountain Time Zone and the rest of the state is in the Central TZ. The north unit is Central, the south unit is Mountain.
[/url][/img] We drove to the north unit first and the visitor center is about an hour from Dickinson. It is in and out, 14 miles one way.
[/url][/img]; [/url][/img] The north unit is where we saw bison and big horn sheep. The bison seemed more calm than those in YS; maybe we were in YS during the rut.
[/url][/img] The south unit is a loop road but the last 6 miles were under construction when we there and we had to turn around and go back the way we came. I think we turned around near the Ridgeline Trail. Mostly we saw prarrie dogs in the south unit.
We were there Oct 22, 2023 and Medora had pretty much shut down.
[/url][/img] This sign was on a store across from the Cowboy Museum. I don't know if the museum was open.
[/url][/img] ; [/url][/img] A couple of pieces of artwork outside the museum.
Posted on 5/19/24 at 7:12 am to nctiger71
Based on the feedback above, I opted for going to Fargo over Labor Day weekend. I know there's no home football games but will plan on brewery hopping and exploring things around Fargo for checking off ND
Posted on 5/20/24 at 8:28 am to CuseTiger
i can see missing north dakota but how do you visit 48 other states and miss missouri?
Posted on 5/20/24 at 4:24 pm to texas tortilla
I've been to the Saint Louis airport before but don't count airports in my states count off list. Iowa was on route 80, Wichita KS, Turner Falls OK, Texarkana AR, Chicago IL, Knoxville TN, Sioux City NE, Hebron KY.
It's a weird bubble in my travel map
It's a weird bubble in my travel map
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