(KAIR)--A full sized replica of the keelboat used by Lewis and Clark during their expedition of the western United States in 1804-1806, is on its way to Atchison.

That's part of the 121 mile voyage undertaken by members of the Lewis and Clark Discovery Expedition of Saint Charles, Missouri, aboard the keelboat, which. sometime Thursday, will arrive in Atchison, following a Wednesday night stop in Rulo, Nebraska.

Atchison's Karen Seaberg has worked closely with the team to see that their return trip to Atchison, 20-years-after their last visit which she also helped arrange, is a success. She spoke Monday during the Atchison City Commission's regular meeting, prior to approval being given to the local stayover.

The Keelboat is set to depart Atchison on Sunday, following its Friday through Sunday stop at the City's riverfront, near Veterans Memorial Park,. Friday, Seaberg told the Commission, is for Atchison students to visit, while Saturday will allow the most time for the public to visit the expedition.

Following Seaberg's presentation, the Commission granted unanimous approval to requests regarding the journey, including use of the riverfront area.

• October 10: The boat and crew will depart Rulo on October 10 and head for Atchison, Kansas.

• October 10-13: The keelboat will arrive on October 10 at Atchison, Kansas. The boat will be tied up at the Veterans Memorial, Commercial and River Road, in the Veterans Memorial Park, part of the Riverfront Park complex. The keelboat and the re-enactors will be available to the public until October 13.

• October 13: The boat will move downriver from Atchison to the historic Lewis and Clark Riverfront Park at Kaw Point, a riverside park in Kansas City, Kansas. The start time for the public to visit is 5 p.m. Kaw Point is the area where the Lewis and Clark explorers camped from June 26 to June 29, 1804, at the confluence of the Missouri and Kaw rivers.

• October 14: The keelboat and re-enactors will be at the riverfront park at Kaw Point—but leaving at noon—and available to the public.