Today we awoke to gorgeous, moody clouds over the Lewis and Clark Valley before boarding jet boats to travel up the deepest river gorge in America. The wildlife was plentiful. We saw river otters, bald and golden eagles, big horn sheep, kestrels, kingfishers, and a late migrating white pelican.

After a full day with every type of weather you could ask for, we returned to National Geographic Sea Lion for an evening with our incredible speakers, Coco Umiker and JR Spencer.