Blogs from Lake Sakakawea, North Dakota, United States, North America

We left Fernandina Beach on April 29, 2009 on a five month adventure that will have us spending a month in the Northwestern Corner of North Dakota, two months in Southern Idaho, and then back to Virginia for about a month. We won’t be home again until early October. Our first stop is Arlington, VA, where we’ll spend a few days visiting with our son, John, his wife Kemper, and two of our wonderful grandchildren Mary and Robert. We had a great visit. The highlights were the elementary school fair, Robert’s baseball game, Mary’s soccer game, and a nice visit with Kemper’s parents, who came over for dinner on our last night in Arlington. We began our westward trek on May 4, slogging our way across the Appalachian Mountains to Parkersburg, WV, our first overnight stop. ... read more

search of the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center and Fort Mandan. The interpretive center is an impressive log structure with many artifacts, and a history of the Clark Family, as well as artwork. The Corp of Discovery constructed Fort Mandan as a winter home during their stay here in 1804-05. Built entirely of cottonwood trees, seven rooms housed the men of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. It was interesting to see the rooms, the buffalo blankets, fireplaces and clothing. (I didn’t realize they had uniforms to wear, but they were military.) Our home for tonight was Sakakawea State Park on the Sakakawea Lake. It had a nice walking trail but somewhat buggy. (we have seen different spellings of Sakakawea…. Sacagawea… however, this is the way it was spelled at the state park) June 23. On ... read more