SACAJAWEA CENTER

It's a cloudy/smoky day and the only adventure anyone wanted to do today was visit the local museums. There are two museums in Salmon, Idaho and they can both be visited in one day. Including a pizza lunch as well!

The Sacajawea Center is a 71 acre park with two interpretive walking trails as well as a small museum. There is information about the Lewis and Clark Trail and the surrounding Lemhi valley. Along the trail there were bronze statues of Sacajawea and Seaman, Captain Meriwether Lewis' dog, the Newfoundland that accompanied them on the journey. There were also  some beautiful statues of salmon and a bald eagle which appeared to be so lifelike that Kathe took this picture of it.

They watched a very good film that explained the role of the Native Americans that helped the expedition throughout the journey. Warren and Jim were joking around in the visitors center with a stringer of plush stuffed fish. Wonder if we will ever see any real fish on our journey!

After the pizza lunch they briefly checked out the Lemhi County Museum. Another historical society museum with some interesting artifacts. There were Native American crafts and early pioneer and mining exhibits. Good thing it was closing early as visiting two museums in one day is never a good idea.