Outdoor Activities

Time spent in the great outdoors hiking, backpacking, camping, fishing, paddling, and shooting. Anything well away from the madding crowd.

Trail Closed. This is the start of ‘The Van Trail’ For a closed trail it gets quite a lot of traffic.

Dropping Down towards Woods Fork. 6 pictures

Edge – Getting near the glades on the Busiek Red / Yellow Trail. 4

Spring Daffodils – Carter Family Cemetery – Busiek Red / Yellow Trail. We hiked up the ridge and past the Carter Family Cemetery. 3 pictures

Overlooking Woods Fork. At the top of the ridge of the Yellow/Silver trail I’ve noticed a side-trail. 4

About to Descend. Notice how the trail disappears from view here? It’s steep and covered in loose gravel. 2 pictures

Gnarly Tree. I love the shape and look of this trail-side tree. +2

Trial Run With The Hammock. I’ve been wanting to try hammock camping for quite a while. I’m reluctant to purchase all the necessary gear unless it’s something I’m sure I will be comfortable with — and in. Five-minute read, +1

The Unknown Joys of Cartography. Several years ago we made a map … One-minute read

Peak Design Capture Pro Camera Clip (and a New Tripod) 5 5

Gary Field Testing The Peak Design Capture Pro

Gary & Ginger on the Silver Trail at Busiek. 8 pictures

Beginning of the Hike 2

A warm break in the weather sent us scurrying out to get some miles on the trail, this time we opted for Busiek’s Orange Trail. [18 pictures + Map]

One of my favorite pictures from today’s hike.

Father-Daughter Bonding – Lanie’s on target with my Beretta and Katie’s Sig P238. Five-minute read, 6 pictures

Busiek Silver Trail – A short Hike, and some musings on being unfit. +4

Photograph of a disassembled Sig Sauer P238 handgun.

Greater love has no step-father than this: – With 20°F temps outside, today was just the sort of day to do some therapeutic cleaning and oiling of Katie’s Sig Sauer P238. Two-minute read, 4 pictures

The Road Goes Ever On.

Trees and Sky.

Ginger and Gary on the White Trail at Busiek 12 pictures

Film noir style photograph of Storybook Barn Rogersville, Missouri at dusk

Late Arrivals – This photograph is begging to have its story told. Which is appropriate given the name of the venue – Storybook Barn. I wonder what the story might be?

Photograph of Ginger and Gary Allman on the Coy Bald Trail

How did we get here, and where are we headed? – In 2010 we went from car camping to hiking and backpacking in six months. I reflect on what instigated that change, and how we are going to keep on getting out. Five-minute read, 8 pictures

Color photograph of Gary Allman backpacking on the Ozark / Berryman Trail.

Gary on the Berryman Trail. 2 pictures

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