MILE TIME.
CHRISTMAS MAY BE
OVER BUT WINTER
HAS JUST BEGUN...
AND TO WELCOME
IN THE SEASON -
SIOUXLAND
FAMILIES
GATHERED AT THE
THE LEWIS AND
CLARK
INTERPRETIVE
CENTER TODAY FOR
SOME FUN-FILLED,
HANDS ON
LEARNING. KCAU 9'S
KENNETH KROLL
HAS THAT STORY.
"HERE WE ARE
DOING SOME LEWIS
AND CLARK FORT
BUILDING. TWO
HUNDRED YEARS
AGO THE CAPTIAN
HAD TO BUILD
WINTER FORTS IN
THE WINTER TIME
BECUASE OF
COURSE YOU CAN'T
TRAVEL UP THE
RIVER, IT'S A LITTLE
FROZEN. SO WE
THOUGHT THAT IT
WOULD BE REALLY
FUN THIS WINTER
BREAK TO MAKE
OUR OWN WINTER
FORT WITH
MARSHMALLOWS
AND TOOTHPICKS"
"IN WINTER THEY
CAN'T TRAVEL ON
BOATS CAUSE THE
LAKES WE'RE
FROZEN, AND THE
RIVERS."
"IT'S IMPORTANT
FOR KIDS TO BE ON
SCREENS BUT TO
UNDERSTAND THAT
THERE'S A LOT THAT
THEY CAN DO WITH
THEIR HANDS AND
TO BE ABLE TO
EXPERIENCE WHAT
ITS LIKE TO THINK
THROUGH
SOMETHING AND
MAKE IT WORK."
"AND THEN THESE
ARE SO IT DOESN'T
COLLAPES IF WIND
BLOWS."
"AND REALLY GET
INTO THE THOUGHT
PROCESS. IF I'M
TRAVELING ON A
BOAT TWO
HUNDRED YEARS
AGO WITHOUT ANY
ELECTRICITY OR
ANY MODERN
TOOLS, HOW
WOULD I SURVIVE?
WHAT WOULD I DO?
HOW WOULD I BUILD
MY WINTER FORT
SO I CAN STAY
WARM?."
"FORT GIANT
MARSHMALLOWS
AND I PUT THIS FOR
SUPPORT."
"WINTER TIME YOU
DON'T WANT TO
STAY AT HOME ALL
DAY, YOU GET A
LITTLE BIT OF THE
CABIN FEVER."
"AND IT'S JUST
SOMETHING
DIFFERENT TO KIND
OF CHANGE THE
SCENERY FROM
HOME TO GOING
SOMEWHERE ELSE
AND WE'RE SO
LUCKY IN SIOUX
CITY TO BE ABLE TO
HAVE PLACES LIKE
THE INTERPRETIVE
CENTER TO ALLOW
THESE ACTIVITIES."
AND WHILE IT DIDN'T
STOP THE FUN
INSIDE... TODAY'S
RAIN DID BRING
SOME SIOUXLAND
SLIDING TO A HALT...
