We took off when the temperature was a little cooler and drove 40 miles north to the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center. L&C spent the winter of 1804-1805 at a fort they built near here. They worked well with the Mandan Indians who were also here. The Interpretive Center had a lot of good exhibits about the whole expedition plus some art work by local artists.
From there we drove 2 miles to the reconstructed Fort Mandan. The expedition built this 3-sided fort in 2 months. It was small but apparently quite sufficient. We saw a short movie at the visitors center here. There was also a huge sculpture of Seaman, Lewis’ Newfoundland dog. He went the whole trip with this corps.
On the way home we stopped in the tiny town of Washburn and had lunch at the Lewis and Clark café. The special was a grilled ham and cheese with homemade potato salad. I got that, and it wasn’t bad. When we got home, Bill went down for his nap, and I worked on some photos. He went out later to shop for some tow bar pins and cigars. He was successful. We had wanted to go on a sunset steamboat cruise on the Missouri River tonight, but it was booked.
I added the last of the North Dakota photos on the link to the left!
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