On August 21, we visited Fort Abraham Lincoln located south of Mandan. Those who know me personally know that I’ve been there in the past on numerous occasions but we had only done the trail ride or simply visited with people. This time around we took the interpretive tour.

Things are well organized. As you can see in the picture below, you really travel back in time. Our guide, Miss Cassandra, is a laundress at the fort. While visiting, she asked us how we reached the fort. Answer: by boat or ferry, which was the only way across the river back in 1875. Men were required to remove their hats inside the house as was the custom back then. It was really interesting.

We’re planning to go back again and take some more pictures. In the meantime, I’ve set up a gallery in our Special Pages section. The page is titled Fort Abraham Lincoln 2009.

In other news, we made the acquisition of a Browning .22 rifle. Man, does it shoot nicely! It’s not in my nature to brag about my accomplishments but I do have to share my best target shooting to date. Everything just felt right when I did it. It’s such a special feeling. It’s like everything is in sync. It’s hard to describe but felt really good.

We also purchased a scope to put on it. Unfortunately, the first base mount we got doesn’t work. It doesn’t allow the scope to be mounted back far enough so we ordered another base mount. We should receive it this week.

Woke up early yesterday morning and caught this beautiful sunrise. Sunrises and sunsets here are the best I’ve ever seen.

A little later in the morning, I caught this pheasant hen with her young making their way through our backyard. We counted 8 chicks. Can you find all of them?