A reenactment of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery's long trip back home. 

Once we climbed out of the valley and onto the prairie, the wind picked up speed and penetrated every gap in our jackets. Canvas covers on the wagons snapped and popped, and nervous horses spooked at moving shadows. The horizon flattened to offer a spectacular view in every direction.  The prairie appeared trackless–just tall grass waving in the wind much like an endless, green sea.

May 3, 1806 Meriwether Lewis wrote in his journal: “We came 28 miles today.  It rained hailed snowed and blowed with great violence the greater portion of the day…. We divided the last of our dryed meat at dinner…we made but a scant supper and had not anything for tomorrow.” 

All trail rides are not the same.  Sometimes the lives of the people who passed before can profoundly affect those that follow.  Such was the case during a recent trail ride along the path traveled by Lewis and Clark and the Corps of Discovery....

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