2021

Gary, ready to get moving again – On the Whites Creek Trail, Irish Wilderness. When it comes to backpacking fashion, I lead where others dare not follow 🙂

Lunch Break on Whites Creek Trail – Well, it was more of a snack than lunch. I didn’t want to spend time heating some food, so I made do with a tuna sachet.

Whites Creek Trail (North Loop).

Spur Trail from Camp Five Pond to Whites Creek Trail, and the junction with the trail. 3

Irish Wilderness, Mark Twain National Forest – I’ve been planing this trip for a while. One-minute read

Camp Five Pond Notice Board and hitching post. +1

Parking lot at Camp Five Pond, Irish Wilderness, Missouri. +2

Irish Wilderness – I’m running out of wildernesses to visit in Missouri. Irish Wilderness, so named after a group of Irish immigrants who lived in the area. The settlement was destroyed and abandoned during the American Civil War.

Three days on the Whites Creek Trail at Irish Wilderness. Journal: 15 64

– Ginger made this luminous plant sculpture several years ago. It’s recently appeared more prominently in the bedroom following a tidy-up

Ginger – Breakfast at Denny’s.

Breakfast at Denny’s – Ginger, immersed in her phone.

Breakfast at Denny’s – Breakfast, our first meal out in over a year.

Breakfast at Denny’s – Bacon, sausage, hash browns, and eggs. Our first meal out together in over a year (MacDonald’s in the parking lot doesn’t count).

A cuppa and two biccies – what better way to celebrate my second COVID jab?

Tomfoolery at the trailhead. +2

The end of the hike – Day hike with Katie and Lanie. I took them to my favorite spot in Piney Creek Wilderness. It was an easy 5.5 mile hike with 570ft of elevation, and a nice long lunch stop by the lake.

Dogwoods on the ‘Farm Track Trail’ – Spring is sprung in the Ozarks.

Tomfoolery at the lake. +5

Katie and Lanie – lunch break by the lake. +1

Katie by Lanie.

Gary eating lunch – Day hike at Piney Creek Wilderness.

Lanie’s Selfie – She should know better by now, I’ll publish them all. +1

Lanie opening her birthday presents. +2

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