http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/North-Dakota/Lake-Sakakawea/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , North Dakota , Lake Sakakawea en-us Sat, 02 Jan 2010 04:49:43 +0000 Sat, 02 Jan 2010 04:49:43 +0000 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 wonrsquot be home again until early October. Our first stop is Arlington VA where wersquoll spend a few days visiting with our son John his wife Kemper and two of http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/North-Dakota/Lake-Sakakawea/blog-400067.html Hello all We will be leaving in exactly one week for North Dakota via South Dakota to enjoy the Thanksgiving holiday with Kate's Mom in Bowman. Details to come later... http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/North-Dakota/Lake-Sakakawea/blog-346337.html Obfuscator writes We departed Grahamrsquos Island after drying our stuff out for a bit again. On our way out of the park we stopped to look at a strange bird. The next time we saw such a bird things would be very different indeed. Our first destination was Maddock ND a small and I mean very small town not too far from Devilrsquos Lake. At Maddock following our Unclersquos direct http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/North-Dakota/Lake-Sakakawea/blog-200959.html 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 180405. Built entirely of cottonwood trees seven rooms housed the men of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. It w http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/North-Dakota/Lake-Sakakawea/blog-173514.html Needed to go try out my new camera so went out exploring Decided to head up to Garrison Dam since I had never actually seen the Dam before. I've been to Lake Sakakawea before but never Garrison Dam. Lake Sakakawea is one of the largest manmade lakes in the US. According to the Lake Sakakawea State Park site it's about 368000 acres and is 178 miles long. The Lake or resevoir happened when Garri http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/North-Dakota/Lake-Sakakawea/blog-163256.html