in the great hall there were these 5 flags. luckily they had a explanation sheet handy.
here are the interesting facts of their different tribes flag.
on the capital grounds there was a large statue of sakakawa. we should all know about her, if only from the movie ’ night at the museum’.
also a much smaller buffalo stateue
then we went to the visitor center. they have this special thing they only do for special visitors, like us. any guesses? while we were waiting i bought a few souvenirs. this was of the nicest visitor’s centers iv’e seen. i got you something amy. any guesses
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well here it is….. i hope you get a kick out of it.
if you go to the bismarks visitors center facebook page it should be there too.
we had so much fun with the lady who took the picture. we told her the story of the putting fingers in noses and asked if we were gentle – could we? of course.
they only started doing this a couple of years ago because they kept hearing from visitors, this is my 50th state to visit. and then they would reply, ”you saved the best for last”!!
then we had to exlpain we had already been through 4 times but it was to see mt. rushmore on the way east. but being it was our last capital we qualified.
we got on the road and ended up staying in a cracker barrel parking lot just out of bismark. we had taken our showers ray, and were good for another 4or5 days😉 we had the worst service and worst meal we have gotten at a cracker barrel ever. we ended up getting our meals free after jerry found a chicken bone in his chicken pot pie.
we made it to medora yesterday and found a nice campground, similar to the grand forks one.
jerry always finds a dog and people to talk to.
we went through theodore roosevelt national park today. i hope my pictures do it justice.
tonight we are going to a new show titled ‘ring of fire’ about johnny cash. the madora musical has ended it’s 56th season tracy, so we couldn’t see it. this one is in the enclosed theater.
so once again stay tuned
💗jilly
Once in awhile-now and again-this is us 
Each place you go to has such a rich history. I just finished a puzzle with a blurb about Teddy Roosevelt falling in love with Dakota – then I see he had a state park named after him there. Very good nose-picking picture and what a great keepsake to commemorate your last state visit. We’re learning a lot with you. Thanks again.
A wonderful milestone. Realized your dream. All 50 capitals, wow. Congrats. Great pictures. Loved the mirror pond in Medora, beautiful shot. Love, Celia
Quite an accomplishment to see all 50! I wonder if they make state capitol puzzles? Your next goal could be a puzzle from every state???? So glad you found a nice spot in Medora – too bad about the musical but I bet the Johnny cash show was good?!
Looking forward to the post about theodore roosevelt national park today.
He is one of my heroes and I went to a crammer school named after him.
Glad to know you are staying clean. i think i will take a shower today myself.
Love
Ray
I have loved Sakakawea since I was a little girl. Fabulous statue and tribute. You found another beautiful campground. Loved the Six Tribes literature pictures too. You always include us in the journey with your blog.
I love the acknowledgement of the tribes with the flags and statues. I want my beard to get to a point that it resembles that buffalos mane 🙂 thanks for sharing! Way to go on traveling to all 50!
Sacajewea is a great inspiration for Jill, who is always saying to Jerry, “Well, you can go that way, if you want, but my intuition (and map) tell me to go the other way.”