2026 Lewis & Clark trip – part 59: Fort Clatsop, salt works, and a whale
Can you believe that we’re actually at the last place where the Corps of Discovery stayed over the winter of 1805-1806 before they started back home? In this post we’ll...
2026 Lewis & Clark trip – part 57: Chinooks, Columbia River downstream, first glimpse of the Pacific Ocean
Since we didn’t drive along the section of the Columbia River from The Dalles to around Portland area (getting away from the smoke from fires in the northwest) and to...
2026 Lewis & Clark trip – part 56: Columbia River by The Dalles, Fort Rock Camp, and Mount Hood
After leaving Idaho and putting the Clearwater and Snake Rivers behind us, we’re now on the Columbia River in Oregon that will takes us to the Pacific Ocean. This is...