Ginger fitting hinges – currently we are adding some high-level storage for ‘little used’ items.
Missouri
Words and pictures featuring Missouri
Boxes – we have some work to do today. The utility room remodel is getting out of hand! We had already dealt with several boxes when I took this picture.
January 23, 2022 11:04
Final coat of stain – Made a lot of difference to the color. Now to varnish it all, add door handles, and it’s finished. +3
January 10, 2022 10:00
Making the gear closet doors – There have been a few upgrades in the workshop. Black Friday Grizzly had a drill press and bandsaw on sale at a price I couldn’t refuse. The pair cost less than the bandsaw normally retails at. The bandsaw came in particularly useful for all the joints I had to make for the gear closet doors. One-minute read, +1
January 9, 2022 14:35
Gary in the workshop – Hindsight being the gem that it is, I now know it was a huge mistake to make the doors and not get them ‘off the shelf.’ +3
January 8, 2022 16:53
Distractions – A couple of weeks before Christmas the dryer broke down. We were just about to have the utility room, painted, so Ginger decided that she’d pop out and buy a new dryer and washer for the freshly painted room. And that’s when the work began. Two-minute read, +1
December 30, 2021 12:36
Gary and Ginger, Christmas Day, 2021 – Like the shirt? I was wearing it, plus shorts, in honor of the unseasonably hot weather we were having. 2
December 25, 2021 14:40
Essential Supplies – What the Brit abroad needs.
December 18, 2021 10:48
Fronds and bottles – Testing my new cell phone’s camera in the dark. +3
December 7, 2021 0:14
Bishop Provisional of West Missouri, The Rt. Rev. Diane Bruce and the Diocesan Staff.
December 6, 2021 12:05
Gear Closet update – Still plenty left to do. Bottom shelf and kick space, shelf fronts, and … doors to make.
November 28, 2021 16:54
Back at the trailhead – Trip over, and a modest 19.15 miles hiked and 2,000 ft. of elevation climbed. Time for a shower and a beard trim! And, of course, some end of trip thoughts. Two-minute read
November 17, 2021 11:45
Another backpacking fashion show – Not. Here I am all packed up, ready to head back to the trailhead and showing off what the well-dressed backpacker is wearing nowadays. 1
November 17, 2021 10:48
Reptilian – I don’t know what this type of rock is called, but it is very reptilian in appearance.
November 17, 2021 9:09
Day Four. Camped in open oak woodland – It was the warmest night so far, so a good night not to have set the tarp. 4
November 17, 2021 8:25
Four-thirty and it’s starting to get dark – it’s a problem with camping in hollows- The sun is still catching the top of the hill opposite. There’s rain in the forecast for tomorrow, but I decided not to set my tarp tonight. I wanted to fall asleep enjoying the stars from the comfort of my hammock. I love that chair, but it is one of the most dangerous pieces of gear I own…2 2
November 16, 2021 16:30
Seven Miles – and just under a mile to go before I set up camp for the night – I ended up hiking a total of 7.76 miles with 730 ft. of elevation gained.
November 16, 2021 15:20
Fall color on the Pilot Trail (heading east) – Hercules Glades Wilderness.
November 16, 2021 15:06
Hercules Glades Wilderness from the Pole Hollow Trail – Looking east. 2
November 16, 2021 14:47
Lunch break by Long Creek – The Falls on Long Creek are a popular destination, so I normally stop a couple of hundred yards or so further downstream to keep away from people. Two-minute read, +2
November 16, 2021 13:16
Long Creek, Hercules Glades Wilderness, Fall 2021 #2 – Wide angle view.
November 16, 2021 12:34
Long Creek, Hercules Glades Wilderness, Fall 2021 #1 – I set myself a deadline of 2 p.m. to arrive at Long Creek. If I made it by then, I’d stop for lunch at The Falls. Otherwise, I’d carry straight on and head up the creek and the Pole Hollow Trail, to head for my campsite for the night.
November 16, 2021 12:33
On The Devil’s Den East/Glades (Upper Pilot) Trail – The fall light is wonderful. However, I need a blaze orange cap or a blaze orange hatband, because the low angle of the light makes it impossible to see where I’m going at times. Plus, a bonus stereo image version! 2
November 16, 2021 11:36
On the Devil’s Den East (Upper Pilot) Trail. Hercules Glades Wilderness – The Devil’s Den East (Upper Pilot) Trail joins the Pilot (Tower) and Rock Spring (Long Creek) Trails. Arriving at the Rock Spring Trail at what we’ve dubbed ‘Sheep Frog Pond.’