Hiking

Today we went on a short, three mile hike on the silver trail at Busiek. +7

Little Sac River, near Willard, Missouri. 3

Gary by the Little Sac River (365:108) – Today I went on a short hike, it may have been short, but it made up for it with the need to bushwhack and climb over and under things. One-minute read, 5 pictures

Family hike (365:093) — After church, we took all the kids hiking at Busiek, which meant having a bouncy twelve-year-old, a reluctant teenager, and an out and out surly teenager with us.4 pictures

Lunch break in the old barn on the Sac River Trail (365:087). Ginger has this habit of distracting me. 2 pictures

Trail shelter, Bluffs Trail, Meramec State Park (365:084) – I started the day with a monster hangover. Which, of course, was totally my own fault. I obviously ate far too much cheese. One-minute read, 4 pictures

Gary crossing Woods Fork at Busiek (365:069) – Time for another hike. We’re getting ready for a longer backpacking trip, so we need to get in as much hiking as we can in preparation for several days of carrying our packs. One-minute read, 6 pictures

Lunch at Busiek (365:066) – Today we went on a re-run of last week’s hike at Busiek. +4

Day hike – with creeks (365:060). 8 pictures

Gary and Ginger on a snowy Sac River Trail (365:036) – No Interwebs today. To keep busy I cleared the drive of last night’s couple of inches of snow, and we decided to enjoy the sunshine, brave the snow cover and go for a short hike on the Sac River Trail. The hike was fine, proving our gear is up to a winter hike, getting to the trail and away again was not so good. One-minute read, 4 pictures

Halfway up the first hill – Busiek State Forest & Wildlife Area (365:27) — Tomorrow I’ll ache.

Stopped for lunch — We stopped for lunch near the end of our hike on the Silver Trail at Busiek State Forest and Wildlife Area. +1

View to the North from the Silver Trail at Busiek — This descent is much steeper than it looks, and it’s very easy to lose your footing on the loose stones that make up the trail.

Ginger approaching halfway up the first big (200-ft.) ascent on the Silver Trail.

Gary and Ginger at Compton Hollow by Gary Allman

Gary and Ginger at Compton Hollow (365:016) – Today we got off to a slow start. 3 pictures

Gary and Ginger on the trail at Valley Water Mill Pond (365:002) – About time for a short hike.

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

A fairly scrawny looking deer, but it didn’t appear to be at all put-out by us watching it for a while.

Photograph of Prairie flowers at the Springfield Conservation Nature Center

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

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