"Oh! How Horriable is the Day!"
As the Corps of Discovery neared the mouth of the Columbia, they felt immense joy at the possibility of reaching their final destination, the Pacific Ocean. However, the last stretch to the ocean proved to be extremely difficult. For several days, the Corps was pinned against the shoreline, trying to shelter themselves from strong wind, waves and rain. They were soaked to the bone, their clothes rotting off their backs, and many were seasick from the rolling of their canoes on the river swells. On November 15th, before setting out around Point Ellice, Clark referred to their camp in the vicinity of today's Megler Rest Area as: "this dismal nitich where we have been confined for 6 days passed, without tbe possibility of Proceeding on, returning to a better Situation, or get out to bunt, Scerce of provisions, and torents of rain poreing on us all the time...”

Source: The Washington Experience of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Otak, Inc, 2001.
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