Muddy Road Switchbacks in the Badlands! North Dakota March 27, 2018

Our quest to follow the Little Missouri River upstream as it began to rise from spring thawing and runoff, as well as ice jams, brought us down a deserted old state highway in the southwestern corner of North Dakota. We hadn't anticipated several factors about this highway. It was no longer a highway, but a dirt road. It had several steep grades (even 10 % !). It had switchbacks in one area, a first in our travels of North Dakota! Wisely we had chosen a heavy duty four wheel drive pickup for this fun road trip!