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.
Join Clay at Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest Home and Help Kick Off LTA’s 2025 Lewis and Clark Adventure
- Published in Dispatches from the Road
On the Trail of Lewis and Clark — Video Dispatch
- Published in Dispatches from the Road, Video Dispatches, Videos
Happy Birthday Meriwether Lewis
- Published in Features
Clay Visits Pompeys Pillar National Monument — Video Dispatch
- Published in Dispatches from the Road
Back Home and Planning Phase Two of the Great John Steinbeck Tour of America
- Published in Dispatches from the Road
The Age of Exploration Meets the Era of Disillusionment
- Published in Books
A Beached Whale: Then and Now
- Published in Dispatches from the Road
Notes on Geert Mak’s In America: Travels with John Steinbeck
- Published in Books
Listening to America as It Approaches its 250th Anniversary
- Published in Dispatches from the Road
The US Presidency and What Can Be Lost Between Administrations
- Published in Features