"Buffy Goes to a Wedding/Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center"

I named my bison "Buffy".  

We recently took a trip to the Great Falls area from Bozeman, to attend my cousin's wedding.

  I am Aaron, and this is me with Buffy at the wedding.

Buffy was quite interested in the neat sea shell and sand "theme" of the wedding.....considering that it was in Conrad, Montana, which is a farming community right out in the area where his ancestors used to roam.....far away from any sea shore!

 Buffy thought this was a very unique wedding cake topper with the bride being carried "piggy-back" by the groom who had a "football" tucked under his arm.  You would have to know my cousin, Hayden.  He used to play football for "Montana Tech" in Butte.

This is Buffy and me, Aaron, with the bride (Amanda) and the Groom (Hayden).  Buffy and I really had a blast!

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THE FOLLOWING DAY

LEWIS AND CLARK INTERPRETIVE CENTER

GREAT FALLS, MONTANA

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Last year, in 3rd grade, we did a lot of study on Lewis and Clark.  If you have not been here, you really need to make a stop next time you are in Great Falls.  Buffy LOVED it!

This was the first time Buffy had seen the portraits of Meriwether Lewis and  William Clark.  As you probably know, President Jefferson chose them to lead an expedition to explore the Louisiana Purchase and try to find the Northwest Passage over the mountains.

Buffy is getting a closeup view of the most important members of the expedition.  Besides Lewis and Clark, there is York (only black member of the group), Seaman (only dog of the group) and Sacagawea (only woman of the group).

Buffy thought he was pretty brave on top of "Seaman"......

....That was until he looked up at what it took for the members of the expedition to "portage" around the Great Falls, which could be seen right out the window in front of this TALL display!!

Now, maybe Lewis and Clark had never seen a "Magpie", but both Buffy and I have seen our share of them in Bozeman  ;o)

Of course, without the help of the native people, the expedition would never have been a success.  Buffy knew that these people treasured the bison and used them wisely.  

He was also a little scared because the native people "ate" bison!!

Probably the favorite item in the center for Buffy was this "buffalo robe".  Can you see how tiny Buffy is compared to a "real" buffalo!!

So, if you get to Great Falls, Montana, you have to make a trip to see the falls (or what is left of them) and the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center.  There are even trails to hike all around it.  

Just hope the mosquitoes aren't as bad as they were when we were there!!

Best wishes to Buffy on his next trip this summer  ;o)

From his buddy, Aaron.