I sadly left Glacier National Park and am back in the prairie beside the Missouri River, this time in Great Falls, Montana.
There is such a thing as the Lewis and Clark Honor Guard. These are a bunch of people who live and breath all things Lewis and Clark. They assume a character or two, dress the part, go out and teach others and research all they can about Lewis and Clark. After dinner last night, two of them came to give us a talk.
Today we rode a bus all around Great Falls area. First we stopped at Fort Benton which was the furthest up the Missouri River that the steamboats would go.
After Lewis and Clark wintered in Mandan, ND in 1804, they left in the spring of 1805 making their way further up the Missouri. They were told by the Indians that they would encounter waterfalls. In the Great Falls, Montana area, they not only found a waterfall, but 5 waterfalls, causing them to portage 18 miles around them. So we visited what we could.
I wasn’t the only one disappointed that they built a dam just before each of the waterfalls. With as much wind as they get here, you’d think they’d harness that power instead.
I did see some animals though! Once when we were boarding the bus, a herd of cows came running over to check us out.
