Sunday morning in Bismarck.  We were told not much opens until Noon and that seemed to be true!  Luckily we found a Starbucks for ice tea and coffee before we set out for the day.  

Our first stop was Ft. Abraham Lincoln State Park.  

I was most interested in touring General Custer's house.  No other visitors showed up at the time we did for the tour so we had a private tour with Ben.  

Ben is a great historian and along with the regular tour he and David had some very detailed conversations about General Custer and the Battle of Little Bighorn.  Here are some pictures from inside the house.  The black "tub" is just that, a bath tub.  And the wooden commode is a pretty sophisticated toilet.  

The serving platter below is actually a wedding gift received by the Custers.  Mrs. Custer did want a very fancy kitchen although she never cooked, hence, the cool stove.  

The single bedroom below belonged to Mrs. Custer's personal maid.  The double bedroom was for the personal maid's two sisters who also worked in the house.  Ben told us that when General Custer discovered the maid's sisters did not know how to read or write he personally taught them to do so.  

 

This fainting couch was in one of the guest rooms and the hand stitched quilt is original to the house.  

After this tour (which was fantastic!) we walked over to the replica of the "On-A-Slant" Mandan Indian Village.  This was also a guided tour.  I like them because you always gets more interesting tidbits from a person rather than just reading signs.  

And if you think this trip couldn't get more exciting, we stopped to see Salem Sue, the world's largest Holstein.  I could not believe that the parking lot was packed with cars of people also visiting Sue!

Finally, we drove the Enchanted Highway.  It's 32 miles of road with seven huge metal sculptures on it. These sculptures are fantastic!

Our day finally ended in Medora, ND, a little town on the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.  We had pizza for dinner and fell into bed.  We set the alarm for 6:30 a.m. so we could be in the park early to hopefully view a lot of animals!