Travel Bug Dog Tag Lewis & Clark's Journey to the Pacific

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Wednesday, May 29, 2002
Origin:
Illinois, United States
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The mission for the "Lewis & Clark’s Journey to the Pacific" Travel Bug is to Start in Illinois at the “Lewis & Clark Cache” (GC185F), where the actual expedition began, and follow the Westward route of the Lewis & Clark Trail to Washougal, Washington and the “Washougal History Cache” (GC4EBA).

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The idea is to see if the Travel Bug can make the journey faster than Lewis & Clark did nearly 200 years ago (May 14, 1804 ~ November 3, 1805). The Bug does not need to follow the exact route shown on the map. Density and location of caches will make that impossible. Please try to keep it as close to the trail as you can and limit modes of transport to the ground only. (No airplanes please!) One request that we make is that you photograph the Bug with any Lewis & Clark heritage markers that it encounters along the way and upload them with your Bug report.

Once it reaches the "Washougal History Cache", the Cache/Bug owners will take it the rest of the way to the Pacific at the mouth of the Columbia River, thus completing its westward journey...

...and perhaps beginning its eastward journey?

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Tracking History (2353.3mi) View Map

Write note 5/19/2003 Dan & Janet posted a note for it   Visit Log

Received this note from Warnera. The journey will begin again soon! Thanks, Warnera!

We begin our Journey this summer on June 25th at the South Dakota boarder. This past weekend (5/17), we did the sights and caches between Omaha and our S.D. starting point. We did 7 caches , 6 of which were L&C related. We visited the Floyd Monument, the Floyd River Museum, Stone State Park, Ponca State Park, several campsite historical markers along NE HWY 12, the Ionia Volcano, Spirit Mound, the Vermillion W.H. Over History Measum, the Argo Hotel along the Shannon Trail in Crofton, NE, and the L&C Trail Museum at Gavin''s Point Dam. Have numerous pictures of all these sites with the TB to load soon so check back! Hoping to make it to the Onawa reinactment prior to our trip as well. During the trip we will attend the reinactment at Great Falls and then leave the TB in Idaho where someone will need to help it finish its mission.! Here is the website about our trip where you can view our itinerary: http://www.hastings.edu/academic/education/landc.htm

Write note 5/17/2003 warnera posted a note for it   Visit Log

L&C The Argo Hotel - Shannon Trail

Drove 4 miles south of Gavin's Point Dam to do the Argo Hotel Cache. It's along the Shannon Trail - poor Private Shannon who got lost and wandered alone for several days! The Cache is located at a historic hotel in the town of Crofton, NE.

  • Argo Hotel Cache with L&C TB
Write note 5/17/2003 warnera posted a note for it   Visit Log

Calumet Bluff

Lewis & Clark Visitor Center: On August 27, 1804, the group passed the James River and prepared to meet with Yankton Sioux. Sgt. Nathaniel Pryor had visited the Yankton camp and saw what has become the classic symbol of Plains Indians—a tipi. On August 29 & 30, the two groups met at Calumet Bluffs on the Nebraska side of the Missouri River. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers maintains a visitor center with natural and cultural historical exhibits and also manages four campgrounds below Gavins Point Dam.

  • Calumet Bluff Marker
  • General Expedition Marker @ the Dam
  • Lazarus with TB at the L&C Visitors Center Were there to early to actually tour the center.
  • Gavin's Point Dam
  • Mom and Lazarus with TB at the Gavin's Point Cache
Write note 5/17/2003 warnera posted a note for it   Visit Log

Spirit Mound

On August 25, a very hot day, eleven Expedition members, plus Seaman, Lewis' dog, hiked the eight of so miles to ...See with Mound which was viewed with Such turrow by all the different Nation in this quarter... Instead of seeing evel Spirits upon arriving at the top of the mound, they saw a plain totally flat as far as the eye could see and also several large gangus of Buffalow & Elk feeding...upwards of 800 in number.

  • Approaching Spirit Mound While this area is somewhat hilly, this particular structure sticks-out and has a different shape than the surrounding hills.
  • Spirit Mound Marker
  • Spirit Mound Project Until recently, Spirit Mound was located on private property. S.D. has purchased the site and is restoring it.
Write note 5/17/2003 warnera posted a note for it   Visit Log

Ionia Volcano
Volcano Hill: On August 24, 1804, men noted a large bluff which was hot to the touch. Known as the Ionia Volcano, the shale bluff has since eroded into the river but it was determined in 1900 that the heat was generated by oxidation of the shale

  • Ionia Volcano Marker in Newcastle, NE
  • What's left of the Ionia Volcano The town of Ionia and the Volcano were washed away in a flood. This cliff is all that's left of the Volcano.
  • Ionia Cemetary Across from the Volcano
  • Missouri from the Volcano Notice all the farm land that would once have been under water.
  • Old Gravestone Our last name is Warner so we were surprised to find a Warner marker here!
Write note 5/17/2003 warnera posted a note for it   Visit Log

Campsite Marker

  • Campsite Marker on NE Hwy12
Write note 5/17/2003 warnera posted a note for it   Visit Log

Elk Sign Campsite

  • Campsite Marker
  • Patrick Gass Election
  • Mom and Lazarus and Campsite Marker
  • Return Trip Visit to Same Campsite
  • Marker discussing plants and animals L&C saw
  • First Teepee Siting
Write note 5/17/2003 warnera posted a note for it   Visit Log

Ponca State Park

Near here on August 22, 1804, just two days after Sgt. Floyd died, tragedy nearly struck again. Testing soils for mineral content by heating and tasting them, Lewis nearly poisoned himself but recovered within a day.

  • Up the Missouri Marker
  • Spirit Mound Marker at the Ponca site
  • Missouri from the overlook at Ponca
Write note 5/17/2003 warnera posted a note for it   Visit Log

L&C Dorothy Pecaut Nature Center Cache at Stone State Park

Stone State Park: As the expedition passed the Big Sioux, Clark noted that the hills north of the Missouri were about 170 feet high and ran next to the Big Sioux for several miles. Northwest of Sioux City, Stone State Park has 1,069 acres with hiking, biking and nature trails, campsites, lake and stream fishing and overlooks across the three-state region.

  • Marker about the area indicating that L&C had been through here
  • Lazarus with Cache
Write note 5/17/2003 warnera posted a note for it   Visit Log

L&C Campsite Marker

  • Campsite Marker with L&C TB Note TB in lower right corner of sign.
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