Lewis & Clark Trail
Day 17: September 6th, 1999 Jefferson City — Blue Springs
![Missouri River, MO Missouri River, MO](pics/19990906_13_35_Missouri_River_Missouri_161x100.jpg)
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Missouri River, MO
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Backroad, Missouri
I start again early today. Around eight I leave the Perkins Restaurant after a big breakfast. I tune my radio to a Country radio station at FM94.3 and drive back to cross the Missouri again reaching Highway 63. After a few miles on this Highway I reach Claysville. From there I drive on small roads and gravel roads along the shores of the Missouri River until I reach Rocheport. At this spot the explorers ran into their first buffalos. Nowadays you find these animals only in National Parks or on ranches.
![Bridge on Backroad, Missouri Bridge on Backroad, Missouri](pics/19990906_14_03_Bridge_Backroad_Missouri_150x100.jpg)
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Bridge on Backroad, Missouri
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Wet Land Missouri River, MO
I cross the Missouri on Highway 40 and drive on through the historic town of Boonville. I–70 takes me to the exit of Lamine. Now I am back on my small and gravel roads. There are still adventurous bridges to cross on these small roads. On some of them are just a few wooden boards to drive on.
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Highway 224, Lexington, MO
Just past Miami some “Private Property” signs and other road blocking signs force me to change my route. But the detours are not too big. I stay on my backroads until I reach Highway 24 at Waverly. I follow this Highway to Highway 224 into Lexington. But I am already one hour late. Therefore I decide to skip my planned visit of the “Battle Of Lexington SHS”. Also the building looks like it is already closed. I drive on Highway 224 to 24 up to Highway 7. This Highway takes me down to the south and my destination of today: Blue Springs. This is a small village before you reach Kansas City. The Motel 6 still has rooms available and I check in at almost seven.
It seems like the Bob Evan’s Restaurants can be found all over the US. Also in this city is one and I leave it around half past eight to get back to my Motel.
- Sights
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- General
- Breakfast: Perkins, Jefferson City
- Dinner: Bob Evan’s, Blue Springs
- Motel: Motel 6, Blue Springs
- Distance: 233 miles