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Bicycling The Lewis & Clark Trail
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Bicycling
Columbia Gorge
- 432 miles
Astoria
Williston
Fort Peck Lake
York: Slave of Lewis
- Full voting member of party
- Admired by Indians
Great Falls
Clarkston
David and Pearl
Snowblower Gloves
Lewiston
Washington
Confluence: Where two rivers meet.
How did Lewis & Clark decide which one to take?
Oregon
- Parted ways with L&C
- South into Oregon and across Cascade Mts.
Taking a break.
Pacific Ocean
Home of
Adventure Cycling Association
Door handles made of bicycle handlbars
- Free Ice Cream
- New Back Tire
- Rain-proof shoe covers
Location of historical Mandan Village
(this structure was built by Works Progress Administration (WPA).
Lolo Pass
Waldport
- Through Bitterroot Range
- Corps guided by Old Toby of Shoshone
- Toby was short for Tosa-tive koo-be
- “furnished white white-man brains"
Missoula
Natural History Museum
Boyan, from Lithuania
Riding across America
Another day, another mountain pass.
My own little discovery. Invasive species brought in from S. America.
Bismarck
Capital of ND
Cascade Mountain Range
Memento
Volcanic origins very apparent.
Enterprise
Bicycling the Lewis & Clark Trail
Published by:
Adventure Cycling Association
Field Editor:
Michael McCoy
Watched the Pool fill.
Mike & Katie
Selby
3-Day Delivery and on my way
Broken Derailleur
Lewis & Clark and Corp of Discovery
Geddes, SD
Irene & Sharon
Cascade Mountains
Fort Randall Dam
Lake
Francis Case
- Record flood of 2011
- 143,000 cubic feet per second was released
- More than double previous record
Water Purifying Pump
Pierre
SD State Capital
Fort Pierre
National
Grassland
Lilacs
Rocky Mountains/
Great Continental Divide
Lewis & Clark Lake
2 Pirogues
1 Keelboat
Preparation
Lewis & Clark State Park
- Dreaming
- Planning
- Training
- Studying
- Shopping
- Packing
- West side to Pacific Ocean
- East side to Gulf of Mexico
Thanks to my
very supportive wife, Marilyn!
Pres. Thomas Jefferson's Expedition Goals:
- Find water route to Pacific Ocean.
- Inform Native Americans of "new owners".
- Evaluate Economic potential of land.
- Document animal and plant life.
- Map key landmarks.
Mandan Earthen Lodge
Lewis & Clark's Packing List:
Nebraska City
http://www.monticello.org/site/jefferson/lewiss-packing-list
Seaman:
- Newfoundland
- Owned by Lewis
St. Joseph
Official Lewis&Clark Trail Route
Lost tent poles, desparate call home!
St. Charles
Smithville Lake
Troy, KS
Last access to supplies.
St. Louis
Kansas City, MO
the Lewis & Clark Trail
With Ray Craighead
http://pedalingsketcher.blogspot.com/
Louisiana Purchase
- 1803 land purchase
- From France
- 15 million dollars
- 827,000 sq. miles
- $18 per sq. mile
Moberly
River Wolf: White Cloud, KS
Riding the Storm! 100 miles.
Newtown, ND
- Oil Boom (modern-day gold rush)
- Hydraulic Fracturing (Fracking)
Giant Springs
Heritage State Park
A 32-Day portage around the Great Falls cost the expedition time and great effort. Many were sick and makeshift wagons had to be built to transport the canoes and gear up the steep hills. Wild animals and prickly cactus were a constant annoyance and threat.
Nutria
Missouri River
- 2,341 miles long
- Longest river in North America
- 15th Longest river in the world
- Source: Montana
- Mouth: Mississippi River (St. Louis, MO)
- Named after Native American tribe
Undaunted Courage
by Steven E. Ambrose
Grizzly Bear Country
Sacagawea
(Sakakawea, Sacajawea)
- Kidnapped from Shoshone tribe at 12
- Sold as wife to Toussaint Charbonneau at 13
- Jean Baptiste Charbonneau, born the winter before joining the L&C Expedition.
- Invaluable to Expedition as interpreter, guide and for knowledge of edible plants.
Charles Russell Museum
Basehor, KS
Lewistown
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