Williston, ND to Culbertson, MT-Day 32- 62.46 mi.
Let's start out with a question today that highlights our activities.
Seventh Grade Question: Just outside of Williston, ND one can find the confluence of the Missouri River and what other important river? On Lewis and Clark's return trip, they took different routes with Lewis exploring this river.
We left the motel early this morning and biked to Trenton, ND to a quaint country store that had all the ranch's brands on wood around the perimeter of the store. We had a snack there and bought a few groceries. From there we biked on to the Confluence Interpretive Center near Trenton, ND. This is the spot referred to in the seventh grade question. It was an interesting center. In one display, we took some pictures of us standing next to a stuffed grizzle bear. At Lewis and Clark's time, grizzles were living in this area. The corp soon found that they great bear was a force to be reckoned with. They found that just one shot was not sufficient to down this bear. Sometimes it would take 8 or 10 shots to bring one down. After the first encounter or two, the men were willing to leave well-enough alone. We also visited a reconstructed fort, Fort Buford, where the great Hunkpapa chief, Sitting Bull, surrendered. The fort had many very interesting artifacts that was brought to our attention by the guided tour we were able to take.
We biked on into Montana today and spent the night in the town of Culbertson, MT. Our campground was in the city park. We have nice grounds, electricity, restrooms, but no showers and all for free. It was really very nice. Culbertson had just had a damaging storm two days before. They had many trees down, roofs blown off, and one house was destroyed. It was not a tornado, but rather 107 mph straight winds that did the damage. No storms tonight for us. It was cool with a gentle breeze all night.
Seventh Grade Question: Just outside of Williston, ND one can find the confluence of the Missouri River and what other important river? On Lewis and Clark's return trip, they took different routes with Lewis exploring this river.
We left the motel early this morning and biked to Trenton, ND to a quaint country store that had all the ranch's brands on wood around the perimeter of the store. We had a snack there and bought a few groceries. From there we biked on to the Confluence Interpretive Center near Trenton, ND. This is the spot referred to in the seventh grade question. It was an interesting center. In one display, we took some pictures of us standing next to a stuffed grizzle bear. At Lewis and Clark's time, grizzles were living in this area. The corp soon found that they great bear was a force to be reckoned with. They found that just one shot was not sufficient to down this bear. Sometimes it would take 8 or 10 shots to bring one down. After the first encounter or two, the men were willing to leave well-enough alone. We also visited a reconstructed fort, Fort Buford, where the great Hunkpapa chief, Sitting Bull, surrendered. The fort had many very interesting artifacts that was brought to our attention by the guided tour we were able to take.
We biked on into Montana today and spent the night in the town of Culbertson, MT. Our campground was in the city park. We have nice grounds, electricity, restrooms, but no showers and all for free. It was really very nice. Culbertson had just had a damaging storm two days before. They had many trees down, roofs blown off, and one house was destroyed. It was not a tornado, but rather 107 mph straight winds that did the damage. No storms tonight for us. It was cool with a gentle breeze all night.
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