Saya’s (age 6) quote of the day: After cycling by the local
water park, Saya said, “Great Falls is great.
I want to live here.”
We spent the day enjoying the lovely town of Great Falls,
Montana. Our kind host John Nelson drove
us to the site of Lewis & Clark’s upper portage camp, where they rested in
the summer of 1805 during a 17-day portage around the great falls. We didn’t have to deal with the constant
grizzly bear attacks they did, but Sho and Saya agreed that the “very
troublesom mosquetos” remain a nuisance over 200 years later.
Later in the morning, we spent a couple hours at the superb
Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center, meeting with the executive director
Lindy Hatcher, who plans to include a write-up about our trip in their next
newsletter. We have visited many Lewis
& Clark sites over the past month and were impressed by the quality of the
center in Great Falls. It’s a must-see
for visitors. And getting there by
cycling on the bike path along the gorgeous Missouri River was nearly as
stimulating as the center itself. While
at the center, we were interviewed by Karl Puckett, a reporter from the Great
Falls Tribune. I’ll send around a link
to his article when it goes live.
Sho, Saya and I ate dinner in town with our hosts Terri and
John, Lindy Hatcher, and several others associated with the Lewis & Clark
Interpretive Center, including Barb and Rennie Kubik. Barb is an historian with detailed knowledge
about Lewis & Clark’s expedition, and she gave us tips on places to visit
on the rest of our journey. Her husband
Rennie let us know about a kite festival that will be going on at the beach
when we reach the Pacific Ocean at the end of August. It’s hard to imagine being on the beach and
looking at those kites with Sho and Saya.
There is so much to come between now and then…
We ended the day by making and eating homemade ice cream
with Terri and John. We could not have
had kinder hosts for our stay in Great Falls.
Here are some pics:
Sho and Saya with John Nelson at Lewis & Clark's upper portage camp
Sho, Saya and I with Lindy Hatcher, Exec Dir of the L&C Interpretive Center
Sho being interviewed by Great Falls Tribune's Karl Puckett
Sho beside the Missouri River in Great Falls, MT
Tonight's "supermoon," aka a perigee full moon, at its closest point to earth in its monthly orbit
No comments:
Post a Comment