Welcome to Breakfast in America
I’m a Brit who unexpectedly emigrated to the USA in 2008, and this is my photo journal.
It’s an eclectic mix of things; there’s no guiding theme or topic. It is whatever catches my attention, what I’ve been thinking, doing, or piques my interest. Currently that’s mainly backpacking and clearing some of the backlog on my ‘honey-do’ list.
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Memories
A dozen pictures, picked at random from my favorite memories. You can see my portfolio here.
Camping at Berry Bend
Dusk at the Pole (Pete) Hollow Trail cairn
Sunset – Cedar Ridge, Stockton Lake, Missouri
Hiking (bushwhacking) the western end of the Mary Hollow Trail
Eucharist
Ozarks Horizon. Bell Mountain – Day Two
Ironed Out
Dumfries Solstice Sunset
State Street, Chicago
Frosty Morning
Modesty (365:108)
Early Start
Recent Posts
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Bad Decisions Make Good Stories

Bad Decisions Make Good Stories. The Berryman Trail, December 2024. Copyright © 2024 Gary Allman, all rights reserved. It’s coming up on midday, and I’m packed, ready for the last six miles back to the trailhead. It turns out my ‘Bad Decision’ to carry on with my hike on Day Two was a good decision after all.
I’ve managed to keep my hiking pace down the last couple of days, and I’ve stopped frequently. My heart rate has remained below 115 BPM most of the time. Now, I need to get back to the car without bringing on my AFIB, and everything will be good.
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Breakfast treat, a Pop-Tart
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View from my hammock. The Berryman Trail, December 2024
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Day Four — Making breakfast

Day Four — Making breakfast. The Berryman Trail, December 2024. Copyright © 2024 Gary Allman, all rights reserved. It was quite cold last night — 36 Degrees — and it’s pretty damp, too, so it feels colder than it is. A Pop-Tart, ginger and orange tea, with biscuits and gravy will soon warm things up.
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Berryman Trail — Day Three stats
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Camped at sunset
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Camped at sunset
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Setting up camp

Setting up camp. I camped here in 2020. It’s a good spot on a ridge above the trail. The Berryman Trail, December 2024. Copyright © 2024 Gary Allman, all rights reserved. I don’t believe it, but I can hear it, so it must be true 🙂 The ATV/Side-by-Side convoy has stopped on a Forest Road along a ridge to the west of me — probably Smith Mill Hollow Road. Engines, loud voices, and music are wafting over the air.
I’m hoping they don’t decide to drive along the disused roads that run along Smith Mill Hollow. There’s an unmarked Forest Road twenty yards from where I’m camped!
For the first time ever, I’ve seen water flowing in the creek in Smith Mill Hollow, and the spring below my campsite has water, too. So much for carrying all that water from Brazil Creek for the last few hours.
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Trail-side pretties
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Gary crossing Floyd Tower Road

Gary crossing Floyd Tower Road. The Berryman Trail, December 2024. Copyright © 2024 Gary Allman, all rights reserved. Now it really feels like I’m on the last lap. I arrived at Floyd Tower Road just before three p.m. only a couple of hours of daylight left, and I have still got to get to my campsite and set up camp.
In other news, I can hear the distinctive sound of the ATV/Side-by-side convoy getting closer. Are they chasing me?!

















