While Aunt Janet was here for her short visit, we had one day to do something. That one day was full of things – first we started off at Sertoga Park for Mackenzie’s tennis lesson, back to the house for homemade pizzas, and then we headed over to the . . .
We’ve been wanting to visit the heritage center and figured what better time to take a tour ourselves. The center is part of the North Dakota Historical Society, and best of all – it was free admission.
Zack and Mackenzie with the statue of – we know her as Sacajawea, but around here she is called Sakakawea.
We entered the main gallery which was 20,000 square feet of millions of years of history from as early as the late Cretaceous period and up to and about the settlement of the state. We saw fossils, even ones found here in North Dakota.
The kids had fun cranking the start of the car’s engine.
Saw this little memento from home in the drug store/soda shop.
Okay, kid you not, to the right of these magnificent animals (you can see the edge of it) there is this little cabinet/storage display with a a cover that slides to expose a hole and from the hole one could experience first hand the aroma of buffalo chips.
There was so much information and so many different things to look at. I’m thinking a couple more visits to spend more specific time in areas to learn a little more. We only spent a couple of hours there because we had to head home so Jay & I could prepare our Asian cuisine for dinner.
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