Before driving into the campground, we get out and explore a little around the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center. A sidewalk made of narrow slabs of concrete, depicts the journey of Lewis & Clark with inscriptions taken from notes of their diaries, beginning with the expedition’s starting point in St Louis. Each inscription describes the latitude & longitude, how far they had traveled from the previous point of each diary entry, and the overall distance from St Louis. It is really interesting, especially when some of the references are places we have actually visited. Curious where it leads to, we follow the sidewalk which is lined with large pieces of bleached driftwood.
Where the sidewalk ends, we discover a pretty little cove with a wide expanse of beach. A lighthouse sits atop a rock outcropping on one side of the cove.. Stepping off the sidewalk and walking a few steps out onto the sand, we are surprised by piles of driftwood. The cove is a literal ‘boneyard’ of driftwood with it washed in and filling the back side of the cove. This is all very intriguing and captivatingly classic – right out of the history books and travel guides!