Backpacking – 12-27-2024

Tree down across Little Brazil Creek. The top of this tree landed right where I had been thinking about setting up camp. That ain’t going to work. Plenty of water to top up my supplies though.

Stopped for lunch at Little Brazil Creek. +1

Witness trees and survey marker.

The trail is well-maintained and skirts around the hollows. And lots of cyclists! Two-minute read.

Day Two, breaking camp. Do I return to the trailhead or carry on? Two-minute read.

Day One Stats and a packing omission — My heart was playing up, and I might not have enough meds to continue my trip. Two-minute read.

Trail Signs — The Berryman Trail forms part of the Ozark Trail, and the entire loop is looked after by the Ozark Trail Association, and a very good job they do too. One-minute read, +2

Berryman Trail Mile Marker. There’s a couple of problems with the trail markers and blazes. First the wildlife likes to chew on them, and second, they curl up when they get heated by prescribed burns/wildfires.

Gary at the start of the Berryman Trail — Berryman Campground, Missouri. This will be my last backpacking trip of 2024. I’m nowhere near my goal of hiking 240 miles in 2024, but I’ll be spending the next four days hiking the twenty-seven-mile Berryman Trail. Three-minute read, +4

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