After another really chilly lunch we headed over to the Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site {wow…that’s a mouthful!}. This was definitely a highlight. We watched a really interesting video about what life was like for the three different tribes that made up the Knife River Indian Villages. They had a lot of hands-on …
Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center & Fort Mandan
Day 4 was another rainy full day! We left the great city of Bismarck and headed north to the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center. It was a museum that focused on the winter that Lewis and Clark and their expedition stayed in the area. It was really interesting and I definitely came away learning a …
Lewis and Clark Riverboat Cruise
The finale of our day was going on our Lewis and Clark Riverboat Cruise. I had never been on a boat like that before and it was really neat. We had been worried all day that it was going to get cancelled due to the weather so it was yet another tender mercy for us. …
Bismarck North Dakota Temple
After we drove the Enchanted Highway, we headed to Bismarck! It continued to rain pretty hard even until we got into the city but as soon as we pulled in front of the temple it stopped. It’s amazing the tender mercies that happen. We hopped out of the car and were able to walk around …
Enchanted Highway
After we left the Ukrainian Cultural Institute we decided to drive down the “Enchanted Highway”. We hadn’t initially planned on doing this but we had the time and thought “why not?!” Also, it was pouring down rain the vast majority of our day and so doing an activity that we could do from the car …
Ukrainian Cultural Institute
This was a wet day! We were SO glad that our hiking day was yesterday! We left the fair town of Medora in the morning and began our trek eastward. We stopped in Dickinson at the Ukrainian Cultural Institute. I really had no idea what to expect but it was really interesting. My Grandpa Moldenhauer’s …
Theodore Roosevelt National Park – South Unit
We spent our first full day in North Dakota exploring Theodore Roosevelt National Park! We started off at the Visitor’s Center and took a tour of Theodore Roosevelt’s “Maltese Cross Cabin”. We learned a lot about Theodore Roosevelt’s life and what brought him to the Dakotas. Even more important though was maybe learning what impact …
Journey to Medora
We are so excited to FINALLY get another family trip under our belt. We started our trek to North Dakota late one night. We didn’t leave until 7ish because we were waiting for Mark to get off of work and load the car and the like. We drove to Rawlins, Wyoming just to give us …
Minnetonka Cave
Jacob was so excited to go to Minnetonka Cave! When we told him we were going he could NOT stop talking about it. He was thrilled at the idea of going into a cave {like a bear} and of seeing bats. He could NOT stop talking about the bats! The cave was super fun and …
Mesa Falls
We decided to go up to Mesa Falls in the Island Park area! It was a beautiful day and being out in nature always seems to recharge all of us. The only bad thing was that it was very BUGGY. Oh my goodness, we just got eaten alive. Well, they only pestered everyone else but …