At 43* N 99* W, you cross the Missouri River on the journey east across South Dakota. This is taken of the River from a bluff high on the east bank, at the rest area where there is a neat display commemorating the bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark Expedition in 2004. The Corps of Discovery would have had a similar view of the river when they camped here September 16-18, 1804.
They might have been grateful for this sign along a hiking trail, but I suspect they already knew about the rattlesnakes by the time they reached here. They reported seeing "buffaloe, deer, elk, buck goats(pronghorn), large wolves and villages of 'barking-squirrels' (prairie dogs)", when they camped here for 3 days.
This is the view looking downstream and over the abandoned railroad bridge that spans the
Big Muddy. Just a bit further downstream, the White River, which is the creator of the Badlands flows into the Missouri as a tributary. The Corps of Discovery notes this as "Plum Camp" in their journals, mentioning vast numbers of wild plums growing along the river bluffs.
At 43* N 99* W, you cross the Missouri River on the journey east across South Dakota. This is taken of the River from a bluff high on the east bank, at the rest area where there is a neat display commemorating the bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark Expedition in 2004. The Corps of Discovery would have had a similar view of the river when they camped here September 16-18, 1804.
They might have been grateful for this sign along a hiking trail, but I suspect they already knew about the rattlesnakes by the time they reached here. They reported seeing "buffaloe, deer, elk, buck goats(pronghorn), large wolves and villages of 'barking-squirrels' (prairie dogs)", when they camped here for 3 days.
This is the view looking downstream and over the abandoned railroad bridge that spans the Big Muddy. Just a bit further downstream, the White River, which is the creator of the Badlands flows into the Missouri as a tributary. The Corps of Discovery notes this as "Plum Camp" in their journals, mentioning vast numbers of wild plums growing along the river bluffs.
4 comments:
Nice post, interesting. I was thinking of a trip up to ND to include seeing the Missouri River.
Caroline, I 've enjoyed reading your posts. You have a wonderful sense of humor. Love the primitive man being followed (stalked) the the dinosaur and the bunny-faced round bale.
Such beautiful scenery, I'd love to visit that area some day.
Marnie
My part of Missouri doesn't look anything like that.
I can't believe you have snakes that far north ... they don't have any in Belgium where we were this summer. Plenty of snakes in Florida. The big one making the big news is the python.
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