Friday, June 26, 2009

2009-06-22 Lewis & Clark Camped Here





Dateline Yankton, SD
Lat 42.8586
Long -97.5246

After Vermillion, we followed the Missouri river along the same route as my direct ancestor, Meriwether Lewis, who, along with his partner William Clark, managed to get this State Park named after them. They did other stuff, too, including providing a rich industry of royalty-free name usage to lots of businesses along their trail.


The Lewis & Clark State Park (and Realty) is conveniently located a few miles west of the tiny town of Yankton, the Cow Capital of South Dakota.



The campground is situated on a massive reservoir made possible by the Gavins Point Dam which generates hydroelectric power from the Missouri River.





In the late afternoon the sunsets illuminate the cliffs of Nebraska.



That's about as exciting as a day gets around here and we are liking it.

There are more pictures in the Yankton album.

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