Lewis and Clark Cycling Trek

Thursday, July 14, 2005

Deep Water Bay Bed and Breakfast to New Town, ND- Day 29- 44.51 mi.

We were treated to a great rancher's breakfast at the Gilbertson's bed and breakfast. After pancakes and sausage and all the extras, we tried our internet connection, as we had been unsuccessful the night before. This morning everything was working, so we updated everything and then prepared to leave for New Town. New Town is the area that Lewis and Clark figured was the furthest any white man had ventured west. From this point on Lewis and Clark had only the sketchy information about what lay beyond from the Native Americans in the area. It must have made them think twice about what they were doing. We, however, knew exactly where we are going and traveled today uneventfully. The ride was normal with some fairly challenging hills in the second half of the trip. In New Town, we camped at the New Town Marina and Recreation Area. It seemed like a rather primitive campground. We were assigned a campsite that looked pretty enough, surrounded by a small wooded area, but when we pulled in and dismounted, millions of mosquitoes descended on us. It was unbelieveable! DEET was absolutely essential all evening and then it was nearly unbearable. In addition, the manager advised us not to drink the water, it was brown. We bought a gallon of water at the small convenience store. At the campground, we met up with a transcontinental traveler headed east. Byron was interesting to talk to and we compared notes on best traveling methods. After cooking supper and eating, we took showers in the brown water, played a couple of hands of gin rummy and a couple of games of tetherball (away from our campsite), and headed for the tent. There just wasn't much else we could do. I woke up several times during the night to see our mosquito netting lined with mosquitoes just waiting for one of us to as much as stick our heads out of the tent...rather unnerving.
Seventh Grade Question: Much of the land around New Town is part of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation; the home of what three Native American tribes?

-ClarkWheel

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