Thursday marked the 205th anniversary of Lewis and Clark’s expedition passage through what is now Jefferson City. KRCG found their spirit of adventure alive in another river traveler.

Jim dyhouse lives in Minnesota, but nearly every year he floats hundreds of miles on the Missouri, the Mississippi, or the Ohio river. This year, he started upstream in Brunswick, Missouri. He will spend the next three months or more paddling his way to Morgan City, Louisiana.

"I like to fish and camp and hike and hunt,” said Dyhouse. “And I carve and I trap and I take pictures and I bird watch. And I collect Indian relics...and I just do a bunch of things out there."

Dyhouse is 67 years old.

He says he has been doing this for about eight years, since he retired from a career as a bridge and tower painter and became a widower.

"When you're raisin' a family, you can't do this,” said Dyhouse. “Responsibilities come first."

Dyhouse says the river conditions have not been too bad, especially when compared to some of his winter-time trips.

He told KRCG he was unaware of the local significance of yesterday's date. He says he could never imagine doing what Lewis and Clark did-that is, push their way upriver against the current.