Fort Clatsop was the final encampment of the Lewis and Clark Expedition during the winter of 1805-1806. It is located at the mouth of the Columbia River in Oregon. The 33 members of the Corps of Discovery were there from December 23rd to March 23rd & apparently they were not used to all that rain because they noted that those 3 months were some of their most miserable!
Well…. we enjoyed our visit…..
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It’s about that time when all the “snow birds” start flocking out of southern Arizona because the fast rising temperature makes it unbearable to venture outdoors. To escape the 99° F (37°C) heat, we ventured up to Mount Lemmon where it is always 20° cooler. Plus, we thought it would be a nice to take our “nephew” Rocco on a mini-adventure since we were watching him for the weekend.
The Catalina Highway, which runs through Mount Lemmon, was recently designated as the Sky Island Parkway. Sky islands are “mountains that are isolated by surrounding lowlands of a dramatically different environment”. Basically if you get lost in the Santa Catalina’s, you will want to travel up because that’s where all the life is. At least, according to Bear Grylls. He did an episode in Arizona’s Sky Islands (Season 6, Episode 1 Arizona Sky Islands).
Snow in southern Arizona! Pathetic eh? But at least it’s much more manageable & easy to trek through…
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