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Makoshika
State Park ("ma-KO-sh(ih)kuh" from the Lakota Maco sica,
meaning 'bad land' or 'land of bad spirits') is the
largest of Montana's state parks at more than 11,000 acres. It is located
east of Glendive. The park contains spectacular badlands which conceal
dinosaur fossils. The park contains rock from the Hell Creek Formation.
Dinosaurs such as Triceratops were found there. In 1997, a
fossil Thescelosaurus was found at Makoshika by an expedition
led by Jack Horner and Bob Harmon. Birds such as turkey vultures, prairie
falcons and eagles make their homes there. The visitor center houses
a small museum with displays about geology and local fossils.
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There is an 18 Hole Disc Golf Course, which the
two RV Gypsies did not use, that some people say is one of the toughest
disc golf courses in the U.S. Set right into the Badlands, the course
has difficult and somewhat intimidating holes.
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There is also an amphitheater, which during the
summer often puts on educative talks, walks, and performances.
The park also features an archery site and a 16-site campground which
the two RV Gypsies did not check out. But they did enjoy a very scenic
drive throughout the park, a a few nature trails and amazing rock formations. |
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Below: The
first scenery that Lee and Karen Duquette saw when they entered Makoshika
State Park. |
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Below: Lee Duquette parked
their car and they took a brief walk along the Doc Hiatt Overlook. |
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 Lee
Duquette was walking in front of Karen Duquette and she realized that
she wanted a photo of Lee framed in the tree so she told him to turn
around. So he did, but he first gave her a butt shot. Karen laughed
and Lee then posed correctly.
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When
Lee and Karen Duquette noticed a picnic table on a very slanted hill,
Lee Duquette just had to go sit at it. |
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Below; Lee Duquette
set up the camera to get a photo of himself pretending food was rolling
down the picnic table and into his mouth. He said, "Karen,
where is the food?" |
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Below: A quick
look at a beautiful sky. |
Below: Then it was time to go back up the hill to the car and onto
the dirt road. |
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