Last weekend Clara and I traveled west to Medora. Clara had never been there before and was interested in checking it out. She was mapping out our route (which was pretty straightforward!) before we left.
We made good time and, of course, had to stop at The Coffee Cup in Steele. (Growing up whenever we would go to Bismarck, it was must to stop here for snacks.)
We waved to Sue on our way past New Salem.
It was beautiful weather when we rolled into Medora. We were able to get checked into our motel right away and walked into town to start checking things of our itinerary.
Our first stop was ice cream!
It was very foggy and misty when we got up on Saturday morning.
We had a bit of a wait at the best breakfast spot, but it was worth it.
In true Froemming fashion, Clara took right to the shooting range. The attendant working it showed her how to aim through the sight and once she got that figured out, she hit all of the targets. Ha.
She quite impressed Theodore Roosevelt himself with her sharp shooting. So much so that he invited her to join as a roughrider in his calvary. Bully!
Mr. Roosevelt told Clara where and when to meet for joining up with the calvary, so in the meantime we visited one of the museums.
That you, sister? 🤨
They learned how to salute and march and then made their way back to the shooting range. Clara was the eldest roughrider and had already proven her shooting skills, so she helped some of the younger ones.
She had the idea to have Teddy sign her bandana (that each roughrider received from him, matching his own.💙)
They ended up back in the park where they began and after the other kids dissipated, Teddy asked if Clara would help him clean up his table and things. They had a nice chat about birds (big surprise that his fav is the meadowlark, hehe) and then he asked Clara for a hug before they parted ways. It was so sweet and very special.
Not long after all that, it was time for our old time photo shoot. We had been very much looking forward to it after we had booked our appointment the day before. We loved how it turned out!
It was barely warm enough to swim, but Clara still wanted to check out the pool. So we relaxed a bit by the pool and in our room.
We wanted to make it through the Chateau de Mores before we had to get to our dinner reservation for the pitchfork fondue.
As usual, the fondue was excellent and Clara really enjoyed the live music which was a family of 14 called Figuring it Out from Bemidji.
You can see the chateau as well as our motel from up where they have the pitchfork fondue....which is also on top of the hills where they do the musical down below.
We had to get some pics with the Medora sign behind us.
The musical was just finishing up and they set off fireworks as part of the grand finale.
We were almost ready to turn around and call it a night in the park when we finally spotted some bison.
This guy was having a good scratch alongside this guardrail. ha.
We headed back home into an oven on Sunday! But, we had a really good time and hope to go back soon with my BFF Amanda and her daughter, Clara's friend Adria. The Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library is set to open up there July 2026 and we would love to check that out as well.
We had to get some pics with the Medora sign behind us.
After dinner we had planned to drive through the park a bit and walk around some. After the gloomy morning, it was a perfect evening.
We were almost ready to turn around and call it a night in the park when we finally spotted some bison.
We headed back home into an oven on Sunday! But, we had a really good time and hope to go back soon with my BFF Amanda and her daughter, Clara's friend Adria. The Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library is set to open up there July 2026 and we would love to check that out as well.
Video recap! (Click on the bottom right square for full screen.)
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