American white pelicans are easy to spot during summer floats. He's the Scottie Pippen of Lewis and Clark lore. Duncan produced the tape we'd listened to, based on the book and PBS documentary he'd done with Ken Burns. Lewis and Clark have been part of my life for 15 years. He and his family were traveling with Missouri River Outfitters, the river boat company that evacuated canoeists from Eagle Creek the previous week, because of 24-hour rain and wind.
Most people plan trips from one to seven days.
The current was 5-7 mph during our float. We rented canoes but packed our own food and camping gear. But the White Cliffs lived up to their advance press. Despite the dramatic historical changes launched by the Corps of Discovery, the landmarks look just as the explorers recorded. Dark igneous Citadel Rock appears no different than when Clark described it in 1805, Karl Bodmer sketched it in 1833 and steamboat captains steered by it in the 1860s.