My husband and I did two overnight hikes. The first one was in the North Unit of the Park on the Achenbach Trail. We did not actually hike this trail as it was pretty overgrown and we were having problems staying on the trail. We did spend the night though. I did not feel bad about not doing this hike. The ranger told us they had to do a search and rescue the prior week. In the morning, we had a lone buffalo come into our camp. He stood right behind the tree in the tent picture and looked at us. We went into the tent until he lost interest and went away.
We did an 11 mile loop hike in the South Unit the next day on the Petrified Forest Trail. We had a wonderful night in the park, even though a congregation of coyotes barked and yipped and carried on all night. In the pictures you can see some petrified rock and a picture of the Little Missouri River.
I had a chance to talk to people in Medora and Sully State Park about the 40 miles of new trail added to the Maah Daah Hey Trail. I'd love to hike this section of trail sometime soon!
