OTHER WEBSITES
As I built my many vegetable gardens over the years, I have learned and experienced a lot. These are the some of websites I have been to and enjoy.
PLACES TO SHOP
These are just some of the places I have been to shop for the various supplies that I have used in building my gardens.
GALLERY PHOTOS
My Sunroom Tomatoes 
A Colorado View from Mt. Evans Family Farm in Iowa The New North Garden South Garden Hot House South Garden Containers Spring Toms Ready to Plant Mt. Bierstadt Meadow Time to Can Some Toms
Lewis and Clark Expedition
Over the past few years I have become more interested in the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Part of that stems from growing up in the Midwest and part having my ancestors settle in the Louisiana Purchase (Iowa) in 1834. (Some 30 years after the Louisiana Purchase and the authorization of the expedition by President Thomas Jefferson.) In learning more about the expedition from reading Undaunted Courage by Stephen E. Ambrose, I was struck by all the planning and preparation that went into the exploit as well as the hardships, success and good fortune the expedition had. Here are a few highlights that I found interesting:
- To prepare for the trip Lewis spent months being trained in the latest knowledge of medicine, astronomy, time keeping, cartography and botany.
- Lewis designed and procured a sizable river boat to hold the large amount of supplies and munitions he had obtained.
- Lewis and Jefferson had the fore sight to design a smaller boat frame that could be carried over the mountains in pieces, so that it could be reassembled, covered with animal hide, and used for the river journey to the Pacific. Unfortunately this design was a complete failure!
- Only one person died on the expedition, Sargent Floyd, of a ruptured appendix.
- Lewis and Clark had the good fortune to engage the Indian guide Sacajawea. Who brought her infant son on the trip and happened upon her own brother later in the journey. A happenstance meeting that led to the availability of horses to cross the mountains.
- The only physical evidence of the expedition that remains today, is the rock carving by Clark at Pompeys Pillar National Monument.
- Upon the return of the expedition to St. Louis in 1806, with the exception of the journals, all the supplies and munitions that were left, were sold.
Some Photos of our Lewis and Clark Plains Tour
Sgt. Floyd Gravesite Lewis & Clark and Seaman Dignity Statue Missouri River Missouri River Missouri-Yellowstone River Confluence Ft Mandan – Winter 1804-06 Clark Stone Carving – Pompeys Pillar Yellowstone River – Clark’s Canoe Camp United States Flag in 1803 – Pompeys Pillar National Monument
