We’re heading north again to US Hwy 2. Our plan is to get to Fort Peck Lake on Thursday so we can grab a first-come-first-served campsite for the Labor Day Weekend. After Labor Day we’re planning to not sweat it getting sites. We’ll see how that works :-)
LEWIS & CLARK HISTORIC TRAIL INTERPRETIVE CENTER (Great Falls, ID):
We’ve been crisscrossing areas that mention Lewis and Clark for several years now so we decided to get the lowdown on exactly what they did and how they did it. This center does a great job. We started out watching a movie then we walked through exhibits that guided us through their expedition until we arrived at the Pacific Ocean! The amazing fact is that Lewis was only 29 years old when he started. That’s how old our son is! Clark’s maps that he drew by hand are still accurate today and their notes are used by historians! They planned for over a year and carefully picked their crew.
SEVERE WEATHER WARNING: Our plans were to camp at the Beaver Creek Park, the largest county park in the USA. About 45 mins from arriving we noticed in the horizon a storm brewing in the north, where we were headed. As we got closer, we realized there was a severe weather warning and we happen to see what looked like a funnel cloud starting to form ahead of us (but it never did) so we pulled over and had dinner to let the storm blow by us. On the road again, the warning was extended and the storm was right over the area where we were headed. Rather than risk it, we pulled into a casino parking lot to camp for the night. We’ll have breakfast in the casino restaurant to thank them. We’re not gamblers.
Camping: Northern Winz Casino, 10 miles south of Havre, MT
Dry camping, free