Today was Bill’s Lewis and Clark day. We went to the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center at 9:30. Luckily it was not nearly as crowded as it was yesterday. The building sits on a hillside overlooking the Missouri River, and the whole basement is a huge exhibit area with lots of exhibits detailing the entire exploration of Lewis and Clark. We watched two movies between trying to see as much of the exhibit area as possible. The is a fairly new center, and it was really well done.
Then we drove to look at the falls that aren’t anymore. Originally there were 5 sets of falls: one is now underwater, and the rest are dammed. Some water flows over the falls from the dams, but one can only imagine how beautiful they were before the dams were built. We saw Rainbow Falls and Black Eagle Falls. We grabbed a quick lunch at Taco John’s (a western version of Taco Bell that Bill wanted to try), and then we drove 12 miles to Ryan Dam and the true Great Falls. There is an island below the river that has been made into a lovely park area with a viewing area. We were the only ones there. Then we drove on down to Morony Dam. The drive took us over the high plains before a large dip back down to the river.
When we came back to the RV we went on base to the Commissary to pick up a few items. We had dinner and watched TV.
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