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Two hundred and twenty years ago a weary band of explorers, known as The Corps of Discovery led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, left their winter camp near today’s city of Astoria, Oregon on their return journey to what is now known as St. Louis, Missouri. Their trip had started in St. Louis two years earlier, in 1804, when they headed west in search of an all-water route to the Pacific Ocean. After a grueling trek to the west coast, they spent an uncomfortable winter of 1805 near Astoria. In the early spring of 1806 they headed east to get back home.
Fast forward to the spring of 2026, and you’ll soon find Karen and me following in the footsteps of Lewis and Clark. We plan to start in Astoria and travel eastward through the Columbia River Gorge, up and over the Lolo Pass through Idaho and Montana to the headwaters of the Missouri River. We’ll also do some other exploring of our own along the way, and top it off with a return visit to Jeff and Joanna’s home in Victor, Montana. When we last visited them in February of 2025, the temperature was minus 20 degrees F. We’re looking forward to green grass and flowers this time!
In the meantime, we’ll finish packing our bags and fly to Seattle to pick up our rental car.
NEXT: Dinner in Everett, WA
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