The Mighty Mo

Traveling from the east side of the state to the west, we cross the Missouri River somewhere around the middle of the state. On this trip crossing at Pierre was not possible. Pierre was closed to through traffic. The towns of Pierre & Ft. Pierre were preparing for flooding due to all the water being released by the Army Corps of Engineers at the dams in Pierre & Bismarck to alleviate the the high level of the Missouri River father upstream, beginning in Montana. So last week we crossed the river at Chamberlain. We stopped at the visitor's center on top of the hill overlooking the river. I wanted to document the level of the river knowing that a week later, it would be higher.

 This is the I 90 bridge. We thought the water was 

quite high near the center of the river.

Wonder what it will look like on Wednesday?

 This is two of the three bridges crossing the Mighty Mo at Chamberlain.

 The stone teepees are at rest stops along I 90.

 This  rest stop & visitor center commemorates

the trips of Lewis & Clark who stopped here on their

exploration trip of the Louisiana Purchase.

 This is a replica of the keel boat used by Lewis & Clark as

they traveled along the Missouri River.

I had no idea the keel boat was this large.

I guess I thought they used canoes, only.

It was worth the stop.