The Hills are Alive...and so is Medora

I've gotten pretty used to Medora over the last six months. The extreme lack of people, the town gathering place (a.k.a the Post Office) being the only thing open, no restaurants for 15 miles and no good restaurants for 25, making up your own fun, and an extremely harsh, barren landscape only beautiful to those who can view it from inside a warm car.

However, all that changed when I rounded the bend into town for the last time yesterday. What did I see? Cars! Hundreds of them. All of the shops and restaurants are now open and all this happened in a matter of days.

The drive through the park is getting really interesting. Things are just turning green and there are baby animals galore. Including these young owls who now live in Campsite 39 (see if you can find them):


The hills really are starting to turn green and just in time for us - we leave in a week:


It's been a fun six months and I think I'll miss coming to Medora this summer!