Good morning, Whitewater.
We’re at mid-week in the Whippet City, with a Wednesday that will reach a high of fifty-nine, under partly cloudy skies.
There is a special session of the Whitewater School Board tonight at 6 PM.
Some people worry about our nation’s future. They can now put their minds at ease. Online retailer Vat19 is offering customers the world’s largest gummy bear: “The World’s Largest Gummy Bear is the lion of the candy world. There is no candy more magnificent or more powerful. This five-pound beast is the equivalent of 1,400 regular sized gummy bears…..”
Oh, yes. That’s the stuff. America’s going to be just fine.
On this day in 1804, Lewis and Clark begin their expedition across North America:
The Corps of Discovery departed from Camp Dubois at 4 p.m. on May 14, 1804, and met up with Lewis in St. Charles, Missouri, a short time later, marking the beginning of the voyage to the Pacific coast. The Corps followed the Missouri River westward. Soon they passed La Charrette, the last Euro-American settlement on the Missouri River.
The expedition followed the Missouri through what is now Kansas City, Missouri, and Omaha, Nebraska. On August 20, 1804, Sergeant Charles Floyd died, apparently from acute appendicitis. He was the only member of the expedition to die, and was among the first to sign up with the Corps of Discovery. He was buried at a bluff by the river, now named after him, in what is now Sioux City, Iowa. His burial site was marked with a cedar post on which was inscribed his name and day of death. A mile up the river the expedition camped at a small river which they named Floyd’s River.[40][41][42] During the final week of August, Lewis and Clark reached the edge of the Great Plains, a place abounding with elk, deer, bison, and beavers.
The Lewis and Clark Expedition established relations with two dozen Indian nations, without whose help the expedition would have risked starvation during the harsh winters and/or become hopelessly lost in the vast ranges of the Rocky Mountains.[43]
Here’s Wednesday’s game from Puzzability:
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This Week’s Game — May 12-16
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Just Drop It!
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Sometimes, it goes without saying. For each day this week, we started with a word that contains the two-letter chunk IT and deleted it to get a new word. The two-word answer phrase, described by each day’s clue, is the longer IT word followed by the shorter word.
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Example:
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Einstein from England
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Answer:
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Britain brain
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What to Submit:
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Submit the two-word phrase, with the IT word first (as “Britain brain” in the example), for your answer.
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Wednesday, May 14
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