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I've never been over the whole trail, but bits and pieces (Oregon, Idaho, Montana) But it really made me realize how soft I am and maybe a bit fragile.
I saw a show on the History Channel where they made a fort in the style that would have been made by Lewis and Clark's expedition team. It would have been awful doing that with the tools they used on those days, but necessary to do to get out of the elements that they must have encountered from time to time.
It really makes you respect those who were willing to suffer any hardship to see what was around the next bend.
So where exactly does the L&C Trail lead, and what is there to see along the way? I haven't been to that part of the country recently.
All the way to the Oregon coast. You can follow it along portions of the Columbia as well. Bck through north central Idaho and Montana. It's incredible now, imagine what it must have been like when it was unspoiled.
Phid, a ver good book to read is Stephen Ambroses; Undaunted Courage. It really is one of the best on L&C.
I actually started reading that book a few years ago and then must have gotten side-tracked and didn't finish it. I'll have to pick it up again one of these days. Seems like I've always got a book I can be reading at any time.
When I went to Harpers Ferry in October I found an L&C museum there as it is the starting point for the expedition (at least for Lewis) the museum was very small, only about the size of an average livingroom. No one was there and you just walked in through an open door off the street. There were a few boards up telling of the Harpers Ferry connection and reproductions of the equipment he bought behind glass partitions.What I found amusing is that when you start in the east L&C are not all that popular a subject. As you work your way west it gets to be a bigger deal the farther you go west, until you get to Oregon where it is the hugest thing. Towns, collages, streets, parks, rivers and creeks, all get their names from that expedition.
