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It never rains but it pours

June 19, 2010 by Jonathan Turton

It took much longer to get going Thursday morning than it was supposed to. Surely Lewis & Clark had those days when getting all their stuff together just seemed to take a … Read More

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Moving to Montana

June 18, 2010 by Jonathan Turton

I didn’t linger in Riverdale, I had a few miles to rack up. I was heading to the uninspiring-sounding New Town, largely because the ranger at Trail HQ in Omaha had recommended … Read More

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Winter on the Missouri

June 17, 2010 by Jonathan Turton

After all the rain, the blue skies of a Tuesday morning in Bismarck were quite the treat. I took the River Road (of course), destination Fort Mandan – an extremely significant location on … Read More

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Lakhotas in the Dakotas

June 17, 2010 by Jonathan Turton

Pierre, capital of South Dakota (and pronounced Pier) deserved more than the morning I’d allocated it. It’s the second smallest state capital after Montpelier, Vermont, but it still boasts what must be … Read More

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At the Hundredth Meridian

June 15, 2010 by Jonathan Turton

I left Yankton and the slightly odd Broadway Inn with the faintest pangs of homesickness. A combination of the football and hearing Duffy’s ‘Warwick Avenue‘ playing in Quizno’s subs the night before … Read More

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Heavy weather in Yankton

June 13, 2010 by Jonathan Turton

Another broken night – this time by a thunderstorm that crashed through Sioux City at about 3am. No obvious damage there, but further north plenty of evidence that some serious winds had … Read More

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Fort process

June 12, 2010 by Jonathan Turton

I said farewell to Jeanna at the Whispering Pines after a night interrupted by some eerie sirens, which we presumed were a tornado warning. It was very disconcerting. I was quite sad … Read More

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Arboreal delights and bicycle frights

June 11, 2010 by Jonathan Turton

The original plan for today had been to bike the whole Steamboat Trace Trail – a 21 mile riverside(ish) rails-to-trails path from a power plant just south of Nebraska City to a … Read More

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Nebraska (doesn’t have a licence plate slogan)

June 11, 2010 by Jonathan Turton

After Tuesday’s definitively Clark day, Wednesday was another Meriwether Lewis day. And merry weather it was (c’mon, you knew that was coming eventually – better get it out of the way sooner … Read More

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Fort Osage: A room with a view

June 10, 2010 by Jonathan Turton

It was a dark and stormy night. Except it was about 10.30 in the morning. Heading west along I-70 it looked like we were driving towards an enormous massif of black rock. … Read More

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