7/16 - Monday - Bent's Old Fort

We spent the morning touring Bent’s Old Fort.

http://www.nps.gov/beol/index.htm

The fort was actually an 1840’s adobe fur trading post. The fort is a living history museum, where living historians recreate the sights, sounds and smells of life at the fort. We arrived first thing in the morning for a tour. A Navaho Native American woman led us. She explained life in the fort from the woman’s perspective, which was very different from a Man’s. The wife of the fort owner was a Native American, and on our tour she told of her life and the family’s life at the fort. The fort itself was reconstructed as it was in 1840, built entirely from adobe construction methods. The fort and tour were very well done. I’d definitely suggest to anyone to stop in for a visit. About a half a day is all that you need to tour it.

We left around noon. We were planning on driving all the way home on Tuesday, so we needed to get in a good amount of driving this day. We drove well into the evening, stopping at Lincoln Nebraska for the night.