Our First Wilderness Hike. If we were going to give backpacking a go we thought it might be an idea to visit a wilderness first and discover what we were letting ourselves in for. 4 12
Christmas 2010 – Getzger’s feather boa. 2
December 3, 2010 11:57
Camped at Berry Bend – Truman Lake. 5 pictures
November 21, 2010 9:50
Berry Bend Campfire – We cheated on the fire. We didn’t want to spend a lot of time and energy gathering and cutting wood, so we bought some logs for $4 and I split them.
November 20, 2010 20:20
Camping at Berry Bend – This weekend we tried out our backpacking gear. Two-minute read. 3 pictures
November 20, 2010 17:56
Oh noes… -Getzger Cat realizes that the pictures of him sitting on the bed yesterday might end up on Facebook.
October 21, 2010 22:56
“Oh, Getzger!” That’s a fairly frequent exclamation here.
October 20, 2010 15:47
Minivan Complete with ‘Stealth Pods’ — Crighton put in for kayaking on the James River. We call them stealth pods because once we have them on the roof people seem to be unable to see us coming, and pull out in front of us, or even drive into us!
October 2, 2010 17:58
Kayaking on James River – Look carefully and you’ll see Ginger in the distance.
October 2, 2010 17:04
James River Near the Crighton Access Point – We put in at the Crighton access point on the James River this afternoon. The light was excellent and the colder weather meant that there was no one else around.
October 2, 2010 16:20
Ginger kayaking on James River.
October 2, 2010 16:06
Shallows on James River – We put in at the Crighton access point on the James River this afternoon. The light was excellent and the colder weather meant that there was no one else around. One-minute read, 2 pictures
October 2, 2010 16:04
Kayaking and Fishing on Stockton Lake. 1 4
September 20, 2010 13:54
Kayak storage problem solved – Now we’ve got a place to keep the kayaks, we need to put away the camping gear. Then we will be able to get the van in the garage.
September 11, 2010 17:31
Pre-Dawn at Table Rock Lake. We were up late watching the Perseids meteor shower, which we did by laying in the warm waters of Table Rock Lake. 2 pictures
August 13, 2010 6:22
Still Waters – Waiting for the dawn on Table Rock Lake.
August 13, 2010 6:16
Red Bluff on Huzzah Creek, Davisville, Missouri – With Mick heading back to the UK, we had a couple of days leisure time before we had to collect the girls at St Louis.
August 5, 2010 18:50
A fairly scrawny looking deer, but it didn’t appear to be at all put-out by us watching it for a while.
August 1, 2010 18:11
Prairie Flowers at the Springfield Nature Conservation Center – Despite the horrid heat, today we took Mick on a walk around the nature center. 3 pictures
August 1, 2010 17:40
Float Trip on the Big Piney and Gasconade Rivers.
July 30, 2010 15:33
Pines Overlook Campsite at night. Red Bluff Campgound, Davisville
July 22, 2010 22:11
Ginger enjoying the view at Pines Overlook Campsite. 2
July 22, 2010 20:05
Whatever it takes – Taking a picture of the red bluffs. Huzzah Creek, Red Bluff Campground, Missouri. Picture by Mick Felton.