Thursday, May 20, 2021 (continued)
We will be crisscrossing the Missouri River, between Kansas and Missouri.
*On 7/10/1804, the Corps of Discovery camped opposite a yellow clay cliff.*
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White Cloud, KS: Lewis & Clark Pavilion where a
swarm of Petrechelidon pyrrhonota/Cliff Swallows flew out |
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| Cliff swallow mud nests on the ceiling of the pavilion |
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| Guano-spattered Lewis & Clark Historical Marker |
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| Missouri River at White Cloud, KS |
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| Four State Lookout on top of the "yellow clay cliff" |
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| View N toward Nebraska and Iowa |
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| View SE toward Missouri, and we are in Kansas |
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| A nice mural in the ghost town of White Cloud, KS |
*On 7/13/1804, the Corps of Discovery was able to make use of sail power for most of the day, covering 20.5 miles.* |
| Rulo, NE: Lewis & Clark Historical Marker |
*On 9/10/1806, on the return trip, the Corps of Discovery camped on an island in Big Lake.* |
Big Lake State Park was closed, so we had to find
a view between the many houses that line the Big Lake,
the largest oxbow lake in Missouri |
An oxbow lake is a circular U-shape lake that forms when a wide meander or loop of a river is cut off, usually because the river reroutes itself in a straighter course.
*On 7/14/1804, William Clark explored a short distance up the Nemaha River and climbed one of a series of hills for a view of the surrounding plains.*
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| View from the Loess Bluffs of the surrounding plains |
~On 5/23/1999, Ada & Bert S visited Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge.~ |
| 1999: Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge sign |
Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge was renamed Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge in 2017 to remove the derogatory word 'squaw' from its name.
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Our splurge overnight was at Lied Lodge (1993, in
Adirondack style) of Arbor Day Farm in Nebraska City, NE |
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| Lied Lodge lobby |
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| Lied Lodge dining room |
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| Lied Lodge fireplace nook |
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| Lied Lodge room, with a tree trunk in the middle! |
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| Lied Lodge room |
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| The only hotel so far to have a recycling bin |
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| Nearly every tree was labeled |
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| Fagus sylvatica 'Tricolor'/Tricolor Beech |
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| Doug's Trail took us to the Arbor Day Farm |
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| We disturbed a Odocoileus virginianus/White-tailed Deer |
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Historic Barns (early 1900s) include L to R, Horse Barn,
Wranglers Quarters, and Cattle Barn |
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A forest of Corylus americana x avellana/hybrid Hazelnut
plants bred for disease resistance and high yield, are
planted because they sequester more carbon than annual crops |
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| Lied Lodge sunset |
Next: Lewis & Clark Trip Day 14.
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