Native Amerian Ride

Many miles and a long day yesterday.
We headed south down the 1806, and it was early and I hadn't had a whole cup of coffee yet. I looked up and didn't think I was seeing right. I thought a guy was bicycling down a power line, so I turned around and went back! Sure enough, but he had a reason..they were restringing lines, and that was how he motivated across the lines so far up in the air with no truck. We drove on part of the Lewis & Clark Trail, Across the Standing Rock Reservation and along the Native American Scenic Byway by the Cannonball River and the Cannonball Community. The rocks on the banks of the river are almost perfectly round and therefore the name "Cannonball" exists. We made a quick stop at Fort Rice Recreation area, and then looking out over the Missouri River at Fort Yates, we took pause at the original burial site of Chief Sitting Bull.
According to folk lore, Sitting Bull was accidentally shot and buried on the bank of the river at Fort Yates, then several years later, some people from MoBridge S.D drove to the spot in 1953 and exhumed his body, taking it back to their town. The plaque claims it was done for 4 of his grandchildren. Never the less there is a sad tired memorial on top of a slab of cement to comemorate his life and death. We didn't take the extra drive to Mobridge however to look at that spot. We drove west and back north across the Standing Rock Reservation, stopping at a picnic shelter for lunch at the town of Breien.
We passed over the Hogback rock formations and found ourselves back in the city of Mandan, then on north to Bismarck. The Capital Building is a plain square piece of Archetecture that ws built in 1935 after a fire took the original one.
We were there late in the afternoon, so just got some photos of the exterior and grounds. We briefly stopped at the Lewis & Clark Intrepretive Center, but it was after closing there too, so we headed on back to Hazen.
DH is getting ready for a night fishing trip tonight with the Camp Host here. They will go and fish for walleye at the spillway of the Garrison Dam. I made reservations today at the Frontier Fort Campground and RV Park in Jamestown N.D. on Sunday. We will have a few fun filled days there and then move into Minnesota.