Showing posts with label Lewis and Clark. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lewis and Clark. Show all posts

Monday, August 18, 2014

Saturday August 9, 2014 Great Falls, Montana

Today I went out to see several sites around Great Falls.  The first stop was a sculpture on the banks of the Missouri showing Lewis & Clark and Sacagawea looking upriver.  Up close the sculpture is abstract made up of metal pieces.

Next we went to the fishery and park around a river/spring that feeds into the Missouri.  It's right on the river and you can see various birds floating on or flying over the water.

After that we went down-river to Rainbow Falls, which wasn't much of a falls with the new construction.  A dam blocks off the river to feed it into a new generator plant.  The river picks up again around the bend but the falls themselves are pretty dry.  While we were at the lookout point there was a crowd of people who apparently just finished racing down the river.  There was a tent in the middle of the parking lot and a lot of people around it.  Other than overhearing some announcements, I didn't try to find out much more.

The last stop was the city visitors center which has a large traditional monument to Lewis and Clark near the parking lot and a life-size abstract Native American sculpture out front of the visitor center.  There is also a great view of the city.

All and all a nice relaxing day.