Gary and Ginger on a run ashore (365:098) +4
Outdoor Activities
Time spent in the great outdoors hiking, backpacking, camping, fishing, paddling, and shooting. Anything well away from the madding crowd.
More fun in the workshop (365:095) – Today we are building a “batch-loaded, inverted downdraft gasifier” wood stove out of old tin cans. 2 4
April 5, 2011 23:14
Trying out my new sleeping bag (365:094) – Technically speaking its a quilt and not a sleeping bag, however, the the net result is the same. I found a nice summer weight bag at 40% off retail price, hopefully it should be good for temperatures from 40°F up. One-minute read, 2 pictures
April 4, 2011 11:29
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
April 3, 2011 21:22
This month we helped out at the church pancake supper, the van broke down, I became a temporary Lutheran for Natalie’s baptism, had a beer with Tom and Rebbie, Breakfast with Jim and Carol, completed my annual accounts, we went hiking on four days and after sending the kids to Chicago, spent Spring break backpacking and camping. That brings our year to date totals to 8 days backpacking (36.5 miles), we’ve spent 9 nights under canvas and we’ve hiked 34 miles so far, a total of 70.5 miles.
March 31, 2011 15:44
Parallel Guide (365:090)
March 31, 2011 12:52
Lunch break in the old barn on the Sac River Trail (365:087). Ginger has this habit of distracting me. 2 pictures
March 28, 2011 20:31
Snow? What snow? (365:085). I was most disappointed to find it didn’t snow in the night. Two-minute read
March 26, 2011 22:21
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
March 25, 2011 22:11
Bluffs on the Meramec River at Meramec State Park, Missouri – I love my little Fuji Finepix F30 compact, it produces such ‘painterly’ pictures.
March 24, 2011 22:49
Gary and Ginger at the end of our Berryman Trail backpacking trip (365:083). 8 pictures
March 24, 2011 20:52
Feet up, taking a break on the trail (365:082) – Today was a very windy day. Five-minute read, 8 pictures
March 23, 2011 21:01
Waking up in the woods. Berryman Trail, Missouri (365:081) – Last night we slept under the stars. One-minute read, 5 pictures
March 22, 2011 18:59
Near Floyd Tower Road, heading towards Harmon Spring Trail Camp.
March 21, 2011 22:22
Gary and Ginger Backpacking on the Berryman Trail (365:079) – Today the sun shone. Three-minute read, 6 pictures
March 20, 2011 21:43
Backpacking the Berryman Trail, 2011 – With the kids away for Spring Break with their father for a week we decided it was time for our next backpacking trip. Journal: 18 20
March 20, 2011 16:56
Resting my eyes (365:078) – At a service station in Eureka, Missouri, just off the I44. One-minute read
March 19, 2011 21:29
Final preparations (365:077) – Today we did a lot of running around. 3 pictures
March 18, 2011 21:15
New tent (365:70) – Today we set up our latest tent in the backyard.
March 11, 2011 11:38
Gary testing the new tent.
March 11, 2011 11:37
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
March 10, 2011 13:03
Lunch at Busiek (365:066) – Today we went on a re-run of last week’s hike at Busiek. +4
March 7, 2011 19:46
Day hike – with creeks (365:060). 8 pictures
March 1, 2011 13:17
It’s been a mixed month; it started with a death and a birth, which just goes to show that life goes on.