We’ve already seen Fort Atkinson and Fort Mandan, today we went to Fort Abraham Lincoln. This fort was built 20 years after Lewis and Clark passed through. In fact, it was during the time George Custer was there. They recreated George’s house at this state … Continue readingBismark 2
First stop was another Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center. Really? Who would have guessed. Bismark is the area where Lewis and Clark decided to stop for the winter. They have been traveling all summer and when they reach this point, it late October and it’s … Continue readingBismark
I’m going to cover a couple of days here. I haven’t had much time because we were on the road for 4 days. On Friday, we only drove 90 miles, then boarded a bus to visit the state capitol of South Dakota, Pierre. We are … Continue readingHeading North
Yeah! Now we’re talking! Bring on the tourist traps – Mitchell Corn Palace. I decided to drive by the planned stop at yet another Lewis and Clark Visitor Center and stop in Mitchell, South Dakota instead. They started the Mitchell Corn Palace back in 1892 … Continue readingSouth Dakota
Today we drove in 3 different states. We started in Nebraska, on the west side of the Missouri River, then we crossed over the river into Iowa, then we went north into South Dakota. The rolling farmlands which have been so pretty, are starting to … Continue readingThree States
First we went to Council Bluffs. It’s on the Iowa side of the Missouri River. It has a nice view of Omaha, the airport and the Missouri River. They’d like you to think it was the meeting spot of Lewis and Clark and the Oto … Continue readingOmaha
We are heading north out of Kansas City, following the Missouri River, into Nebraska. We past through 2 Indian reservations – the Kickapoo and the Potawatomi, and past lots of signs with familiar Indian names like Hiawatha, Seneca, and Tecumseh. The roads were only 2 … Continue readingNebraska
In Kansas City, MO, we visited The Steamboat Arabia. What a fascinating place! In 1988, 5 guys decided to find and dig up a sunken steamboat. Seems in the mid-1800’s, at least 400 steamboats sank on the Missouri River delivering goods and passengers to frontier, … Continue readingSteamboat Arabia
I’ve been driving for a couple of days. The first night we stayed in Arrow Rock, MO, a beautiful old pioneer town very near the Missouri River. The Missouri River is important here because it’s the river Lewis and Clark followed upstream, and so are … Continue readingWWI Museum
Today we headed for St. Louis to visit the Gateway Arch National Park. We started with a movie showing how the Arch was constructed. What I didn’t realize was that this thing was built in my lifetime, when I was going to high school. The … Continue readingSt. Louis