200 years ago... Lewis and Clark had a near disaster at "Dismal Nitch". We know the feeling of the unrelenting rain and wind. This storm is one of the most dreary I have experienced here. Rain is leaking through our roof. We have buckets, cups, towels and bowls spread out. As the wind moves...we move the little reservoirs. Our lot is flooded like a lake. The Koi Pond is about to overflow. This certainly is the weather they experienced once they had the "Ocian in view".(I have called the roofer, just to gently remind him. "voice mail full")
(and the electrician is still mia) (everything is on beach time)
This is an artist’s depiction of the horrible conditions the Corps of Discovery endured at the Dismal Nitch while trapped along the rocky shoreline for six days by a strong, unrelenting winter storm. Drawing by Roger Cooke, Courtesy of the Washington State Historical Society.
Today Brett and I attended the opening of the "Discovering the Rivers of Lewis and Clark" exhibit. As
members of the museum, we were invited to the special reception. This is the first of the major exhibits to open for the next week's big Lewis and Clark activities. Our calendar is full of events. I took a cute photo of Brett with this boat...but as I was downloading from the memory stick...the power surged and I am sorry to say all the precious photos are lost to oblivion. The storm continues... my Land Rover sunroof has shorted out with a leak ... we have tarped it. The television cable is out from Ocean Park to Astoria to Seaside... lights are going off and on and I hear tree limbs falling and the garage doors banging. We are wet and tired.Could you imagine Lewis and Clark... trying and trying and trying again for days to navigate around the bend of the Columbia River. Unable to move forward because of the drenching rain and shifting wind. They retreated to their Dismal Nitch.