After a day of zero riding and simply resting and relaxing yesterday, we displaced today to Mandan, North Dakota. It's across the Missouri River from Bismark, the state capital.
We're staying at the Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park's campground. Electric and water sites for only $20 night, not bad at all. The day started overcast and rainy and would remain this way for the rest of the day.
On the way to Mandan, we had to stop in Salem, ND to visit Salem Sue....the worlds largest cow! You can drive up to a small parking lot near Sue and a short walk later, there you are. In Martha's case, trying to tip the cow over or feeling up one of her teats.
She was visible from the I-94 Highway from at least 4.5 miles!
We then proceeded onto Mandan and the state park. Set up camp and then we rode over to check out Custer's House. Yep, Brigadier General George Armstrong Custer was the commander of Fort Abraham Lincoln as his last assignment.
$5/person gets you a guided tour of the house via a uniformed guide. He delivers his spiel within the context of us being guests who are to expect the imminent arrival of General Custer and his wife....nice touch.
The house paraphernalia is pretty standard stuff, the only picture I offer is of Custer's bed, a replica thereof I think. I thought it was quite small:
4 comments:
Interesting cultural titbits, Dom. I like the structure of the earth dome, it reminds me of Viking architecture.
SonjaM, Viking architecture eh? I guess there's just so many ways of accomplishing the same task eh?
I love Native American history. That would be a great place to visit. It looks like it has a lot of authentic pieces. The cow is massive! That is pretty funny.
Sadly Oz, The artifacts are replicas but are made as the originals were made. Even then, thieves apparently stole the replicas and tried to sell them on eBay as authentic Indian artifacts. So they have to lock up the earth lodges at night.
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