Medora Musical

I went for a 3 mile hike this morning to a petrified forest within the national park.  I started the hike alone, but later caught up with a national park ranger tour.  I joined them for the remainder of the hike.  The petrified forest within the park is the 3rd largest within the United States. This part of the country was a subtropical forest 55 to 67 million years ago.  Volcanic eruptions from the west buried the trees and the petrified forest resulted.  They claim the trees were similar to the modern Sequoia and Cypress tree.

Our hiking crew

A Petrified Tree Trunk with a Rock Cap

In the evening we went to the world famous "Medora Musical".  It is a musical revue that looks back at the wild west days in Medora.  It premiered in 1965 and is held in the outdoor Burning Hills Amphitheater which has a capacity of 2856 visitors. It was definitely a family based musical with lots of dancing, singing and comedy.  It was also very Americana.

Tomorrow we head north and will be crossing over into Canada.  We don't have reservations anywhere, so I'm not sure if we will have internet access.  If we do, I'll continue the blog.