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Thursday, October 1, 2026

Wednesday 9-30-26 Playing Pinball, Riding a Carousel & Having Fun

 

Lewis & Clark County Fairgrounds Duck Pond


We had an outstanding day of having fun. 

We had overcast skies. The morning temperature was 54 degrees and the high of 67 degrees. In the late afternoon we had a cool wind out of the west.

I woke up at 7:30 and got dressed. Then I made mini waffles for breakfast and we shared a shake. 

After breakfast we relaxed in the Minnie. Larry started a book last night and finished it this evening. He said this one was a good book. I played games. I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The daily event was Event: Two Game Tango Mini of 10 games (5 Klondike and 5 Free Cell). It took me 36 minutes and 56 seconds to complete, which put me in 15th place in my group.

About 11:15 we took the motorcycle off the carrier. There were a couple things we wanted to do in town. 

First was Lewis & Clark Brewing Company to play pinball. Lewis & Clark Brewing Company has a huge tap room that features live music, an outdoor patio, a game room, and an art gallery. The hours are 11:30am to 10:00pm on Sunday-Wednesday and 11:30am to 11:00pm Thursday-Saturday. It serves selections of draft beers on tap (flagship, Prickly Pear Pale Ale and Back Country Scottish Ale) and light food option like pizza and bratwurst. The brewery distributes products in Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah and western North Dakota. It was a big facility with huge distillers. The lady, who was working was nice and showed us where to go. The game room is a separate from the tap room. It has 12  pinball machines,  a few slot machines, pool table and a shuffle board table. The pinball games were PokeMon, Cactus Canyon, Jurassic Park, Godzilla, Jaws, Foo Fighters, Metallica, Iron Maiden, Led-Zeppelin, Dungeon & Dragons, Guns & Roses and Big Buck Hunter Pro. Most of the games cost one game for $1 or three games for $2, which is very good. Cactus Canyon game option was one game $1 and Big Buck Hunter Pro was one game $.75. We played pinball for an hour and a half and played a game of pool for a half hour. The game of pool cost $.75, which is very reasonable. The games were in very good condition and you had free game matches. We got a match on Godzilla and Jaws so instead of three games of $2 we got four games. I played all the games except for Guns & Roses. Larry played it and said it didn't work too good. There's not a lot of parking.  We had a great time.



Lewis & Clark Brewing Company





PokeMon (first time we played the game)





Big Buck Hunter Pro





Iron Maiden





Jaws





Jurassic Park





Metallica (black and white version I didn't like)



The second placed we went was the Great Northern Carousel, which was very close to Lewis & Clark Brewing Company. The two girls, who served us were very nice and friendly. The cost was 1 ride for $3 and 12 rides for $30. I did one ride. It was a great looking carousel and very well maintained. The carousel has 37 hand-carved animals. The animals were carved by a renowned Disney carver and the animals had a stained  glass round boards. You go to the counter and get a token to take a ride. I had fun riding on a goat. Larry took pictures. After my ride we shared two scoops of ice cream, which were maple walnut and black cherry. The ice cream was very good. It wasn't that busy. Maybe because it was 2:00 in the afternoon. 
   


Great Northern Carousel entrance





The part of the building the carousel is in





Great Northern Carousel





Having fun riding on the carousel





Maple Walnut and Black Cherry ice cream



After eating the ice cream we loaded back on the motorcycle and went back to the fairgrounds. By the time we got back to the Minnie it was 3:00. We had a fun afternoon.

After dinner we went for a walk around the fairgrounds. We walked for 1.70 miles for a half hour. As we walked around we went by the duck pond. What's cool about the duck pond is, that it's also a children fishing pond, you must be 14 or younger to fish there. We had a great walk. I ended up doing 5,500 steps. 

We spent the rest of the night reading. I finished reading When the Jessamine Grows by Donna Everhart. It was a great book and the ending was very good. Larry chose me another book called The Unseen World by Liz Moore.




  
Relaxing with a good book



We had a super day.