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Gary with our Mutha Hubba tent, Bucksaw, Harry S Truman Lake
I thought I’d get my daily picture out of the way early in the day
We sat around talking most of the morning until finally, the threat of rain persuaded us to pack up and go home while the tent was still dry.
We beat the kids back from Kansas City with just enough time to enjoy an all day breakfast at Ziggies on South Campbell.
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Bucksaw campsite in the moonlight
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Sunset at Bucksaw, Harry S Truman Lake, Missouri
Sunset at Bucksaw, Harry S Truman Lake, Missouri. Copyright © 2011 Gary Allman, all rights reserved. Note the cool Crepuscular Rays.
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It’s November 5th and this year we left the Guy at home (365:309)
It’s November 5th and this year we left the Guy at home (365:309). Copyright © 2011 Gary Allman, all rights reserved. Last year we were also at lake Truman for Guy Fawkes night, and we took the Guy along for company. This year we were expecting to be carrying up loads of kids’ luggage to Kansas City, so we left Guy behind. That’s three years now he’s avoided a fiery demise.
We took the Kayaks out on the lake today, but it was too windy to go far. We saw a flock, or whatever the collective noun is, of white pelicans. After being driven off the lake by the wind I went on a walk around the closed-off areas of the campsite and ended up walking back along the lakeside. When I got back to our campsite Ginger fancied a walk, so we re-traced part or my walk, which was very fortuitous as we were able to see a fantastic sunset over the lake.
Camping at Bucksaw Campground. Copyright © 2011 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.
Camping at Bucksaw Campground. Copyright © 2011 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.
Camping at Bucksaw Campground. Copyright © 2011 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.
Camping at Bucksaw Campground. Copyright © 2011 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.
Copyright © 2011 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.
White Pelicans on Harry S Truman Lake at Bucksaw. Copyright © 2011 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.
Bluffs and dead tree, Bucksaw. Copyright © 2011 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.
Dead tree, Bucksaw, Harry S Truman Lake, Missouri. Copyright © 2011 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.
Sunset at Bucksaw, Harry S Truman Lake, Missouri. Copyright © 2011 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.
Sunset at Bucksaw, Harry S Truman Lake, Missouri. Copyright © 2011 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.
Bucksaw campsite in the moonlight. Copyright © 2011 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.The wind continued to blow hard and unpredictable most of the evening, making sitting around the campfire hazardous at times, but the sparks made up for the absence of fireworks.
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Campfire at Bucksaw, Harry S Truman Lake, Missouri (365:308)
Campfire at Bucksaw, Harry S Truman Lake, Missouri (365:308). Copyright © 2011 Gary Allman, all rights reserved. Our plans almost changed.
We arrived at Church to collect the kids to go to Kansas City only to find out that there had been a few late cancellations and our services were no longer required. We had a hurried debate, as to whether we should quickly go home and pack our packs and go backpacking for the weekend, but we finally decided to stick with our plan, and go straight to Bucksaw campsite on Truman.
Here we are sitting by the campfire, it’s going to be a cold and windy weekend. We have our kayaks and with luck we’ll get out on the lake.
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Relaxing (365:307)
Tonight we had some rare down time
And even better tomorrow we get to go away for a couple of days. We’ve volunteered to take some of the youth group kids up to Kansas City. We’ll not be needed for the event, so we are going camping by Lake Truman. Just like we did last year.
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Working late at the computer (yet again) (365:306)
I’ve fallen behind with this project, over a month behind (today’s December 4th). My computer decided to go slow making it almost impossible to process pictures. I’ve kept on taking them, I just couldn’t process and upload them. To make matters worse this coincided with a lot of work (which is continuing). I’ve now got a nice shiny new, custom-built fast computer, which is helping me clear my 250+ picture backlog.
I’m planning to catch up over the next week or two. I hope so; it will be nice to finish posting my 365 days on January 1.
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Autumn color on the road to the South trailhead at Busiek State Forest and Wildlife Area
Autumn color of the road from the South trailhead at Busiek State Forest and Wildlife Area On leaving Busiek I spotted this scene on the track out from the trailhead.
Fall color at home We arrived home from our hike at Busiek to see these wonderful colors in the trees outside our house. Of course all those leaves are going to have to be picked up, bagged and gotten rid of.
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Fall color at Busiek State Forest and Wildlife Area, Missouri #2
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Fall color at Busiek State Forest and Wildlife Area, Missouri #1
Fall color at Busiek State Forest and Wildlife Area, Missouri We hiked the Yellow and Silver trails at Busiek today – a little over 4 miles and around 624 feet of elevation climbed.
The color of the trees on the trail by the Carter Cemetery were breathtaking.
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Gary and Ginger stopped for lunch on Woods Fork, Busiek State Forest and Wildlife Area (365:305)
Gary and Ginger stopped for lunch on Woods Fork, Busiek State Forest and Wildlife Area The fall colour at Busiek was stunning
We hiked the Yellow and Silver trails at Busiek today – a little over 4 miles and around 624 feet of elevation climbed. Now we’ve started getting out again, we’ve just got to keep it up and get out a couple of times a week. This coming weekend we’re planning on going camping. It’s really good to be getting out again.
The the colour of the trees on the trail by the Carter Cemetery were breathtaking. I took this picture when we stopped for lunch by Camp Creek. We finished the hike in plently of time to visit one of the Flea Markets in Ozark before collecting the big kids from school.
Woods Fork Crossing 
Woods Fork, Busiek State Forest and Wildlife Area 
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Railroad Bridge over the James River at the Springfield Nature Center
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Relaxing in the Kayak after lunch at Lake Springfield (365:304)
Relaxing in the Kayak after lunch at Lake Springfield, Missouri Today we took the Kayaks out on Lake Springfield
The fall color has been magnificent this year. Thus far we’ve not had an opportunity to get out to enjoy them. So, we’ve decide to take a couple of days out and enjoy the weather and the color while both last.
We saw several deer, a bald eagle, more coots than you could shake a stick at, some grebes, herons and a few cormorants.
Railroad Bridge over the James River at the Springfield Nature Center
Ginger kayaking under the railroad Bridge onthe James River at the Springfield Nature Center
Ginger kayaking under the railroad Bridge onthe James River
Ginger kayaking on the James River, Springfield Missouri
James River, Springfield Missouri
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Trunk or Treat (365:303)
This evening we went to the Church Hallowed Carnival
Lanie wanted to take part in the ‘Trunk or Treat’. After a lot of head-scratching, we came up with the idea of making the back of the van into an ambulance with Lanie as the patient, tended to by Katie as Nurse D’eath. We even managed to find a hospital IV bag hanger for $1 in the Habitat for Humanity Restore Center.
I forgot to mention that we won the best-decorated trunk award!
I took today’s picture while I was handing out candy. We’ll pass over how I frightened one kid by making them think the candy finger they’d picked out of the box of human body parts was really my finger. Oh, how I laughed … later. 🙂
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Tubby (365:302)
Tubby (365:302). Copyright © 2011 Gary Allman, all rights reserved. Look closely at his eyes
Tubby is a Burmese cat of many names: Rotters, Rot-row, Tubster, Tubmeister, Irritant, and Pokey Paws. I suspect he is harboring an ambition to get his paws on an ‘Uzi 9mm’ (Must be said in the voice of Arnold Schwarzenegger) and get his revenge on us.
His eyes have been like that since birth – he can see, but not perfectly. He’s annoyingly hesitant, but I suspect that’s more due to his personality than his eyes. He hates having the top of his head touched – possibly because he can’t quite properly see your hand coming. More likely he’s just contrary.
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A bit of essential beard maintenance (365:301)
A trim was overdue
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Left Profile (365:300)
It’s been said that I’ve not been showing this profile view
So there you are.
BTW today is day 300! 65 days left.
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Another old Radio (365:299)
Another old Radio (365:299). Copyright © 2011 Gary Allman, all rights reserved. My second Valve radio
now I know it’s a similar shot to the one I used the day before yesterday (day 297), but this was a ‘no brainer’ for a late-night quick picture.
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Breakfast at Aunt Martha’s Pancake House (365:298)
Today we did a lot of running around
Our plan had been to go grocery shopping and visit the library. But then we popped into Ozark Adventures to look at rope (I need more rope for my huaraches) and backpacking gear. So we made a day of it and treated ourselves to a late breakfast, which is where today’s picture was taken, before going to a couple of other places before finishing the shopping.
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Lanie’s Halloween Pumpkin
Lanie’s Halloween Pumpkin. Copyright © 2011 Gary Allman, all rights reserved. Tonight Lanie made her Halloween pumpkin and here it is in all its illuminated glory.
