White Water

White Water

Whirling to a killing degree

Hundreds of lives at risk

In the river

The people grasp the sides of their canoes

Everything, a white stormy scene

Water with such attitude

Although it tumbles, it always gives back

The joy of the speed

Everything proceeds

River, river, settle down please

Grilled Salmon With Key Lime Butter

Grilled Salmon With Key Lime Butter

Ingredients:

5 tablespoons unsalted butter

2 tablespoons key lime juice

Salt and Freshly Ground Pepper

4 (6-ounce) salmon fillets

Cooked rice or pasta

Directions:

Preheat your grill, setting it to medium-high heat. In a pan, melt your butter, and add the lime juice. Salt and pepper the salmon, and add it to the grill. Drizzle half of your lime butter over the salmon. Let cook until fully cooked through, and add the rest of the lime butter to the salmon. Serve on a bed of cooked pasta and or rice, and enjoy.

The Most Horrible Mountains

Dear Diary, September 16th, 1805

Today, we have come upon traveling on the most horrible mountains on the voyage thus far. The treacherous climb has created many injuries, for the horses slip every couple minutes down steep hills covered in deep snow and hazardous trees. With the men on their backs, I can't imagine the pain they went through. I fear I will discover this deep piercing pain sometime soon. If winter starts to interfere too much with our journey, I'm afraid our middle chapters in life will end. I pray every night for our success, and that we will reach the ocean successfully.

Mini Venison Burgers

1/2 pound ground venison
1/2 pound ground pork
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 cup chopped white mushrooms (about 3 ounces of mushrooms)
1 cup chopped apples (about 2 apples)
2 ounces blue cheese (or your choice of cheese)
16 mini-potato rolls (the dinner-roll size)

Instructions:

Incorporate all of your ingredients, leaving out the blue cheese. Form mini patties to fit your mini buns. Grill until cooked, and sprinkle blue cheese over the tops of the burgers. Serve on a mini bun of your choise. I would recommend using a potatoe bun.

Rockies

Rockies
by Amanda Blau

Oh Rockies, majestically you stand so tall

A danger to man kind

A tretcherous climb

Oh Rockies, you are so steep, natures rock wall

A home

A grave to wild game

Oh Rockies, you can save, you can flaw

Protective

Proventive

Accepted

A mean frozen bully

A windstruck nature city

Oh Rockies

Oh Rockies

A Stranger

Dear Diary, August 11th, 1805

If we are going to make it over the rockies before it starts snowing, we will need horses. None had come upon us, or had even been spotted yet, but now, I have the chance to write in my journal to tell you the story behind the miracle that occured today. We came upon some Shoshone land in which Sacajawea's people live, and familiar with the land, Sacajawea knew where to take us to find our needed form of transportation. We met the Shoshone chief, Chief Cameahwait, who coincidentally turns out to be Sacajawea's brother. He agreed to let us use some of their horses, for he trusts us because of Sacajawea being here as a part of our group. Now, we have a form of transportation for the most harsh season of the year that will hopefully save all of our lives.

A Call for Celebration

Dear Diary, August 11th, 1805

This day, I completed my thirty-first year. I feel as if I have not done enough in my lifetime so far, for it is half way over. My foot is in horrible condition, scraped and swolen. It hurts siverely to walk, so I will not be walking along with Captain Clark and the men on this day. They have promised to bring me some buffalo meat and try to find a horse to bring back, for there is a long journey ahead. We will have to travel up the rockies, and the last thing I want to do is walk.

When Captain Lewis returned with the men and Seaman, I could hardly contain myself. The meat the crew found smelled unbearibly good. I enjoyed myself, savoring every morsel of the delicious, suculant buffalo. No horse had been found that day, but I was content with what had come.