Pre-Eclipse Shenanigans — Lanie & Ginger — 2024 Total Solar Eclipse. Notice how the light in the background is already fading.
People
Pictures of people, friends, and family.
End of hike selfie — I Hiked over twenty-two miles in two-and-a-half days. I’m happy with that. Three-minute read, +1
March 29, 2024 15:23
Morning Coffee, camped off of the Big Piney Trail.
March 29, 2024 9:23
Uh oh! — Pills out on the trail can only mean one thing. Yup, the dreaded AFIB has struck again. Going as slow as I could and taking a rest at what seemed like every few yards, it was still a struggle to bring and keep my heart rate down, and impossible to get it to settle into a regular rhythm.
March 28, 2024 15:44
Long way down.
March 28, 2024 12:43
New hiking Sandals — I’m not sure when they stopped calling shoes like these huaraches, but sandals seems to be the current nomenclature. These are Bedrock Cairn Evo PRO Sandals. So far, I am much preferring these to my Luna sandals.
March 28, 2024 12:42
Abandoned Homestead Ruins, Paddy Creek Wilderness — Taking advantage of some cell phone reception I sent Ginger this picture taken by the old chimney breast at the junction of the South Loop and the shortcut to the North Loop.
March 27, 2024 13:36
Checked in and ready to go — I got away without any major delays, and here I am at eleven-thirty all ready to hit the trail.
March 27, 2024 11:25
Finally seeing results — I’ve been regularly exercising for around and hour a day, five days a week for three months now. I read that it takes a lot longer to get results when you get to a ‘certain age,’ and so it has. This week, for the first time the body fat percentage has dropped into the green.
March 7, 2024 8:10
Heading Home — I remembered to take an end of hike selfie just before I left the trailhead parking lot. Two-minute read.
February 28, 2024 16:25
Back at my home from home — Taking a selfie when I get to the lake has become another Piney Creek Tradition.
February 25, 2024 15:07
Stopped for Lunch by Piney Creek — I thought this was the spot we stopped for lunch on 11-11-2011, but it was probably the next creek crossing. +1
February 25, 2024 14:08
Loop Finished — And I’ll admit the trail kicked my butt. I wasn’t as fit as I thought I was, and my heart deciding to throw a wobbly at the end of day three didn’t help.
February 2, 2024 14:03
Breakfast in my hammock. Irish Wilderness, Missouri
February 2, 2024 10:15
All this bushwhacking is scratching up my feet and legs.
February 2, 2024 9:45
Morning tea in my hammock — Irish Wilderness, Missouri.
February 2, 2024 9:42
At the Float Camp Junction of the Whites Creek Trail — I was last here in March 2023.
January 31, 2024 13:47
Trying out a gas stove for a change — Conclusion: I prefer my Fancee Feest Cat Can stove.
January 31, 2024 8:21
Ready to get on the trail — I’m planning on spending four days hiking the Whites Creek Trail. This time I’m starting with the South Loop (I don’t know why they call it a loop it is not. But hey!).
January 30, 2024 13:10
At the Pole (Pete) Hollow Trail Junction. 39°F and feeling a bit chilly with a slight head wind. Two nights, three days, and a modest 13 miles. That will do for my first run out of 2024. Time to go home and trim my beard. It has done its job! +1
January 4, 2024 14:58
Day Three. Tucked up in my hammock. Deep Hollow, January 2024.
January 4, 2024 8:38
Just to prove that I was there.
January 3, 2024 14:00
Day One. Another year, same trail cairn — I’m off out for three days, blowing away the cobwebs and walking off some holiday season excesses.
January 2, 2024 14:16
Snake on the Trail — I was not expecting to find snakes out in December, so I’m glad I spotted this one. We’ve not positively ID’d it yet. It doesn’t look dangerous, but when it got fed up with me watching it, it coiled ready to strike and it had a diamond shaped head. But it didn’t have viperous eyes. +1