Sitting here all cozy in our RV at Theodore Roosevelt National Park. A great rustic campsite, but for us...lights, refrigerator, stove, and heat (good thing 38 degrees tonight).
Yesterday, we drove to Cooperstown, ND and toured a decommissioned minuteman command and control base, and a missle launch silo. Tour was possible because of the 1997 START treaty where 500 of our 1,000 ICBMs were scrapped. When you realize that there are still bases in operation, each with a nuclear weapon 300 times the power of the Hiroshima bomb, it brings to reality what man can do. Touring Oscar-Zero command and control base and seeing the "red box" with the 2 keys required for a launch; realizing that this C&C is 50 feet underground in 5 ft hardened concrete.
The photo to the left is November-11, one of 1,000 minuteman lauch silos in ND and Montana. Just fits in the size of a regular house lot in the middle of the farmer's field.
From the Minuteman tour, we drove to Ft.Lincoln on the Missouri River, just south of Bismarck. An near disaster happened on I-94 on the drive--It was 33 degrees, rain/snow/sleet, and winds up to 35 mph. All of a sudden our RV, Blowin-in-the-Wind, started blowing in the wind! The wind got under the closed awning and unreeled all of the fabric. We immediately pulled off the road and in the cold and wind, we were able to open, reel in the fabric, and close the awning. Ruthie & Morey were both shivering and exhausted; but successful.
At Ft Lincoln where we camped, we toured General Custers home. He lead his last campaign from this fort which became his "last stand". In addition to the reconstruction, there is also a Mandan indian village reconstructed. Lewis and Clark wintered with the Mandan.
After a busy couple of days, we moved on to TRNP.
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