{"id":1025,"date":"2018-11-24T16:02:45","date_gmt":"2018-11-24T21:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westerman.photo\/?page_id=1025"},"modified":"2026-03-03T02:20:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T07:20:50","slug":"lc","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/westerman.photo\/index.php\/lewis-and-clarke-expedition\/lc\/","title":{"rendered":"Lewis and Clark Expedition &#8211; Forward"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Forward<\/h1>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Welcome to the main site documenting a trip from Saint Louis to Cape Disappointment following the Lewis and Clark &#8220;Corps of Discovery&#8221; trail. These pages chronicle my journey on a motorcycle from the beginning to the end of the Lewis and Clark expedition. We started this trip in May of 2004 and finished it 23 days later.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Instead of boats, horses, and concerns about conflict along the frontier, my father and I chose to make the trip on a motorcycle. Instead of taking three years, we planned a cross-country journey and return home in a little over three weeks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">The information here is written like a book in chapters. Each day constitutes a chapter in the journey. In each chapter you will find words, pictures, and observations of the landscapes, weather, wildlife, flora, fauna, and the unexpected moments that shape a trip like this.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Unlike Lewis, no president asked me to undertake this expedition, and I will not have the pressure of reporting my findings to anyone in authority. Instead, I share them here with you simply for the enjoyment of the adventure.<\/p>\n<p>There is much more to add. Check back before my departure, and afterward if you enjoy this kind of journey.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/westerman.photo\/index.php\/lewis-and-clarke-expedition\/\">Home<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/westerman.photo\/index.php\/lewis-and-clarke-expedition\/lc\/lewis-and-clarke-trail-may-mission\/\">Next chapter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Published: 05 Jul 2004<\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forward Welcome to the main site documenting a trip from Saint Louis to Cape Disappointment following the Lewis and Clark &#8220;Corps of Discovery&#8221; trail. These pages chronicle my journey on a motorcycle from the beginning to the end of the Lewis and Clark expedition. We started this trip in May of 2004 and finished it &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/westerman.photo\/index.php\/lewis-and-clarke-expedition\/lc\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Lewis and Clark Expedition &#8211; Forward&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1023,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1025","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/westerman.photo\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/westerman.photo\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/westerman.photo\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westerman.photo\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westerman.photo\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1025"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/westerman.photo\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1025\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2193,"href":"https:\/\/westerman.photo\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1025\/revisions\/2193"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westerman.photo\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/westerman.photo\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}