On January 24, 2002 our Grizzly group leaders (Blain, Dorothy, and Lindsey) set off on an adventure themselves, along with other team leaders in search of information about the Lewis and Clark expedition.  Our travels took us to Southern Illinois and St. Louis, Missouri, to see places that Lewis and Clark actually visited.  We visited Cahokia Mounds and learned about the Indians that roamed in Illinois territory long before the expedition.  We also traveled to the Courthouse in the city of Cahokia were Lewis and Clark were believed to have visited and spent some days just before beginning their journey.  One of the last things we witnessed was the beautiful St. Louis Arch, which is the symbol for the Gateway to the West.  Under the arch we visited the Museum of Westward expansion and read words from the actual journals of Merriweather Lewis and William Clark.  We took a journey that enlightened our minds and gave us much information about what the men of this expedition went through to take back to our students.  Here are some pictures from our trip and the many things that we found about this great expedition.