Tongue Point, Astoria, OR The day is stormy, and a flood tide forces everyone to move camp to higher ground. The evening clears providing hope that they can move to the new winter site tomorrow.
High Winds and High Tide[1]Originally aired weekdays by Yellowstone Public Radio during the Bicentennial observance of 2003-2006. Narrated by Hal Hansen. Scripts by Whit Hansen and Ed Jacobson. Produced by Leni Holliman. © … Continue reading
Tongue Point from Point Ellice
© 18 December 2010 by N. Jo Ann Townsend. All rights reserved.
Flood Tide
The high tide of today is 13 inches higher than yesterday, and obliged us to move our Camp which was in a low Situation, on higher ground Smoke exceedingly disagreeable.
—William Clark
Hope for Tomorrow
the Storm still continued, & the Rain extinguish’d our fires, & made it exceedingly disagreeable to us. Towards evening the Weather cleared up, & it became a little more pleasant
—Joseph Whitehouse
Weather Diary
Day of the Month Winds State of the Weather 6th S W. rain rained last night and all day to day wind not violent in the after part of the day fair in the eving.
—Meriwether Lewis[2]To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has spelled out some abbreviations.
Tongue Point is a High Potential Historic Site along the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail managed by the U.S. National Park Service. The site can be viewed from the east at the Lewis and Clark National Wildlife Refuge and to the west along the Astoria Riverwalk.
Notes
| ↑1 | Originally aired weekdays by Yellowstone Public Radio during the Bicentennial observance of 2003-2006. Narrated by Hal Hansen. Scripts by Whit Hansen and Ed Jacobson. Produced by Leni Holliman. © 2003 by Yellowstone Public Radio. |
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| ↑2 | To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has spelled out some abbreviations. |
