May 24th Friday 1805

[Clark]   a Cold night    the water in the Small vestles frosed ⅛ of an inch thick, and the thermometer Stood this morning at the freesing point.    we Set out at an early hour and proceeded on, at 9 oClock we had a Breeze from the S E which Continued all day.    This Breeze afforded us good Sailing, the river rising fast    Current verry rapid. . . . I walked on the high countrey on the Stard. Side found it broken & Dry  Some pine, Spruce & Dwarf Cedar on the hill sides, I Sent one man 10 mile out  he reports a Similarity of Countrey back    I killed a fat buffalow a Short distance below the place we dined  2 Canoes & 6 men we left to get the meat did not join us this evening.  we Camped on the Lard point.  the Cotton wood in this point is beginning to put out a Second bud, the first being killed by the frost

Not a whole lot to say about today. The river is continuing to get narrower and the current faster, as they move into higher ground and get closer to the mountains. They made 24¼ miles today.

Comments

[Blue the Wild Dog]

Jeez, pretty late with the posts. Was something important happening? ;-)

[mcjoan]

Heh. I had to take a break from it all. I'm still not too sure what I think about the deal, but I do know it was more fun to spend a few minutes on a cold morning with the boys. Too bad more wasn't going on! I should have pre-blogged this week, knowing I'd be somewhat distracted. But it's more fun to do it on the actual day. And to not know what's coming tomorrow.

[Blue the Wild Dog]

Hey, what happened to the 23rd? Did it fall into a virtual time warp?

Anyway, here's a lame attempt to put today's events into context. The other day, you compared camping today with then. From what I read, politics during L&C's time makes the present seem pretty tame, too.