We decided to implement a course correction and shave off 100 miles from our journey to Glacier National Park by heading north through Great Falls. Due to reservations in the Glacier area which I necessarily made months and months ago, we ended up having a few days to just hang out and Great Falls turned out to be a good place to spend those few days. The RV Park is located in town and so shopping was a hop, skip and jump from home. I also took the time to have the oil changed and tires rotated on the Silver Fox (the Honda CRV) which was overdue.
While hanging out in Great Falls, we took a few hours to tour the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center just down the road along the Missouri River. It was very interesting and worth the stop. It’s a good thing I didn’t live back then – life was hard. No wonder so many died young. Yikes. We’re following a portion of the Lewis and Clark trail in our air conditioned motorhome. Can you imagine not knowing exactly where you are going, traveling on foot and carrying everything you owned with you, braving the elements?
We went to the Giant Springs Park which boasts the smallest river in the United States, a mere couple hundred feet long. 150 million gallons of pristine clear water flows up through cracks in the limestone every day and rushes down the little falls before dumping into the Missouri River. The park was beautiful, green and cool. There is also a fish hatchery on site along the bank of the river. My nephew Connor, the fishing enthusiast of the family, would have been chomping at the bit to throw his line in the water of the Missouri I am sure. It must have been a good spot since to fish since there were many people doing just that. Heck, even the pelicans seemed to recommend this location.
Lewis and Clark Mission Objective
Boats they used to carry themselves and supplies
Winston looks out over Giant Springs
Views of the Giant Springs Falls with the Missouri River in the background
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