ok, so it is back to reality. i finally located my book club book, and have resolved to finish it before i leave for spain, as it weighs several pounds and it is not vacation reading- undaunted courage is about the lewis and clark expedition, the material thus far has been interesting, but at the same time pages of chock-full of information tend to read like text books........i am on page 100 and they haven't reached st louis yet......i HAVE learned that lewis left several gaps in his writing- some lengthy- many weeks to many months....in a blogging sense, the service would cut off an inactive account with gaps like that......there are theories that there are, infact, missing journals that may yet come to light.....but lewis never mentioned in letters losing any such journals..writers block has also been mentioned as a possibility- thatand he was simply too depressed to write. according to the book, he returned with ample ink and paper......