Not Much Left

I was kinda bummed that there wasn't much left of Fort Clatsop, and I think they've rebuilt it about 2 or 3 times.

From the National Geographic Website:

Winter on the Pacific- December 08-30, 1805
Lewis and Clark decided to make camp south of the Columbia. On a slight rise along the banks of a small river, they cleared a site of trees and brush and built Fort Clatsop, named after the local Clatsop Indians.

Their time at the fort was monotonous, spent making moccasins and buckskin clothing, storing food, and working on journals and maps. Even Christmas Day was gloomy, the men's dinner stringy elk meat and roots. Rain was constant.

The captains were anxious to meet one of the trading ships that came frequently to the mouth of the Columbia from U.S. ports or from Britain. One ship did stop to trade with the Indians during the corps's time on the West Coast. But the Indians did not tell Lewis and Clark about it, and the ship left without them ever knowing it had been there.

Remember when you were young and built a fort with a fridge box and a blanket? Well, that's me out there on the coast without all my high tech gear. Take down a tree? Where is the chainsaw? Oh, CHOP it down, with an axe! I guess I can do that. Chop down, say 100 trees and build yourself a fort to live in for 3 months? Unlikely at best. I'll go with the fridge box, a blanket and wait for Mom to call me for dinner. Hopefully she made roast.