2025 ROADTRIP — RETRACING THE LEWIS AND CLARK TRAIL
Kicking off on May 6th at Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest in Lynchburg, Virginia, Clay set out to retrace Lewis and Clark’s celebrated 1804-1806 expedition across the continent. Clay will trace the Lewis and Clark expedition from Virginia, where it was conceived in the imagination of Thomas Jefferson, all the way down the Ohio River, up the Mississippi and Missouri, over the Bitterroot Mountains, down the Clearwater, Snake, and Columbia rivers — and back again.
Traveling in a 23-foot Airstream, Clay’s expedition is a central part of LTA’s big initiative to take the pulse of America as it approaches its 250th birthday. You can follow Clay’s Lewis and Clark adventure in the stories and videos linked below and on the LTA Facebook site. Also, subscribe to our newsletter.
My Year in Review
- Published in Features
UPDATE: Two Brits and a Wee Paddle From Montana to New Orleans
- Published in Dispatches from the Road
Visiting Meriwether Lewis’ Grave on the Natchez — The End of the Trail
- Published in Features
The Stubborn Enigmas of Lewis and Clark
- Published in Features
A Lewis and Clark Report Card: The Phases of a Journey
- Published in Features
Four Perfect Days
- Published in Dispatches from the Road
Assessing Two Years on the Road in My Airstream
- Published in Dispatches from the Road
Drowning the Missouri River — Lewis and Clark on the Reservoirs!
- Published in Features
Sacagawea and the Blue Whale
- Published in Dispatches from the Road
Ode to Dismal Nitch
- Published in Dispatches from the Road