Lewis & Clark Trail
La Benite Park Missouri
US HWY 24 became my main route again from Napoleon to Ft Osage (by a back road through Sibley) to La Benite Park via a turn north on MO HWY 291. The park, like so many other stops, lies about half way between two Lewis & Clark campsites - June 24 and 25. Like the others, it provides essential information concerning the Expedition's passage through the area, top and middle left. It's also close to the Missouri River. Wildflowers grow on the banks - as Clark noticed. as I walked along the river , a long, green snake slithered through the grass in front of me, above. Coming up river through this area, Clark wrote that they killed a rattlesnake lying on the riverbank. I'll settle for an encounter with a nonpoisonous one.
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