What) The Captains' Return is a twice life sized statue of Lewis, his dog Seaman and Clark that was built to honor the 200th anniversary of their return to St. Louis.  The statue weighs more than three-and-a-half tons and stands about 23 feet high from the stainless steel base to the top of Clark's hat. It was dedicated on September 23rd, 2006 and it stands in the shadow of the Gateway Arch on St. Louis' Riverfront. (1)

    Why) Given my fondness for Lewis and Clark, imagine how pleasantly surprised I was to see a large statue of two men in a boat on the St. Louis riverfront.  I suspected that it could only be a statue of Lewis and Clark but I had to walk up to be sure.  Pam was pleased that Seaman was featured so prominently especially because the other literature we have seen does not mention him.





























Although I thought I was just photographing the statue, it turned out that I also captured a future Buckys stop.












This is the plaque at the base of the statue.







Seaman seems to be the happiest one in the boat.