Blue Country Magic

Last night it was off to CAMS to see the Discovery Corps, Lewis and Clark.

This is an expedition and reenactment of the famous and infamous journey of William Clark and Meriwether Lewis. They have ties to Fincastle in that Clark married a local girl, Julia Hancock.

I will be writing a short article on it for the local paper. Fortunately I was not responsible for pictures, which is a good thing as none of mine turned out very well. The little Nikon Coolpix camera I use just does not perform well in large open enclosures like auditoriums.

When I pulled my pictures up, I spied this shot of the fellow portraying Meriwether Lewis. Lewis was a taciturn and quiet man by all accounts, and he reportedly ended up taking his own life.

The shot to the right caught my eye because of the apparent disembodied head looking over Lewis's shoulder. I just thought it was kind of weird and rather appropriate, given Lewis's character. If any man would be haunting, it would be him, I think. And given the fact that many of the men doing the reenacting, including the man portraying William Clark, were ancestors of the original Corps of Discovery, it seems just as likely that a ghost would be on the stage as not.