Itinerary for Camping and Horseback Riding Trip

• Day 1:
  Arrive in Lewiston, Idaho; by air or car. Individuals make their own plans for Saturday based on their arrival times. Recommended lodging is the Sacajawea Motor Inn where they have accommodated Triple "O" Outfitters on past adventures. The toll free # for Sacajawea Motor Inn is 1-800-333-1393.

• Day 2:
  The day begins at 8:00 a.m. with group introductions. Meet your hosts from Triple "O" Outfitters and acquaint yourself with your other traveling companions.
  
  Your first stop is the Nez Perce Museum in Spalding where you learn more about the tribe that contributed so significantly to the Lewis & Clark trip. Enjoy an outstanding collection of 19th century Indian artifacts.
  
  Then travel up Highway 12 to Canoe Camp at Orofino, then on to the historic Lochsa Ranger Station to explore the area or take in some fly fishing in the surrounding waters. The day ends with dinner and good company.

• Day 3:
  After a hot breakfast at Lochsa Lodge, depart by van for Rocky Point Lookout. From this high vantage point you can see the route that Lewis and Clark traveled through the rugged Bitterroot Mountains. After arriving at Papoose Saddle, you have the option of a half-mile hike to Lewis and Clark's 13 mile camp. Enjoy a picnic lunch along the trail. Visit Indian Post Office. In the evening, camp at Twelve Mile Saddle.

• Day 4:
  After breakfast, saddle up for a 13-mile horseback ride (a portion of the journey can be made by van, if you wish), passing Smoking Place and Indian Grave. Visit Sinque Hole. At Greensword Camp you'll have ample time to explore the campsite, have lunch, and regain your "land legs" after a morning on horseback. After a stop at the Dry Campsite, the group will halt for the day near Liz Butte.

• Day 5:
  This morning, travel by horseback to the top of Sherman Peak, to Spirit Revival Ridge. Lewis' journal reads: After proceeding ahead of the others to try to find game to help revive the men's spirits. "Clark and his party emerged on Sherman Peak after days of hard travel, jubilant to see, an emence Plain and leavel country to the S.W. and West." They were gazing at the vast Camas Prairie.
  
  Leaving Sherman Peak and Willow Ridge, at a point where the trail overlooks Hungry Creek you will pass through the territory that has been almost entirely undisturbed by man or nature since Lewis and Clark's journey. These are essentially the same trees under which the explorers walked in 1805! Overnight camp is at Weitas Meadows.

• Day 6:
  Mount up again to ride the Forest Service trail to Jerusalem Artichoke Campsite via Horsesteak Meadows. Lewis' journal notes: "At this place I met with a plant the root of which the Shoshones eat. It is a small knob root a good deel in flavor and consistancy like the Jerusalem Artichoke." Of Horsesteak Meadows Lewis wrote: "We arrived early in the evening at the place the Captain C[lark] had killed and left the flesh of a horse [frozen in the snow] for us last September." Overnight camp is at Boundary Junction.

• Day 7:
  The last morning of the trail begins with a ride past the "millstones" (naturally formed boulders that resemble huge ridged mill-stones) to Full Stomach Campsite. Lewis and his men camped here after several days of rough travel with little food. That night, the men bedded down with full stomachs.
  
  After lunch at Salmon Trout Camp, move on to the Lewis and Clark trees. in this virgin grove they are even larger today. One white pine that particularly impressed them still stands and is now called the Lewis and Clark Tree. Camp at Musselshell Meadows.

• Day 8:
  Transfer to Lewiston or Looking Glass Pow Wow at Kamish.

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