Words and pictures featuring Missouri
Camp life (cont.) – Heating some water on my Fancee Feest cat-can alcohol stove. I was being lazy, and couldn’t be bothered to light the woodstove just to heat up some hot dogs and boil water for a cup of tea. Piney Creek Wilderness – Day Two. 2 pictures
Camp life – Relaxing in Piney Creek Wilderness – I put my wet shirt and a pair of shorts on for this picture. They came off as soon as I’d taken it. Piney Creek Wilderness – Day Two. 5
Mossy – Piney Creek Wilderness – Day Two.
Morning Tea – Piney Creek Wilderness – Day Two.
Table Rock Lake from the water’s edge. Piney Creek Wilderness – Day Two. 2 pictures
Stormy sunset – Piney Creek Wilderness – Day One.
Glimpse – because the lake-side trees were in the lake it was hard to get a clear view.
Temporary shelter – I quickly put the tarp up so I could get out of the rain. Quickly, but not before I had a swim. Piney Creek Wilderness – Day One.
Storm clearing – Piney Creek Wilderness – Day One.
Gary on the ‘Farm Track Trail’ at Piney Creek Wilderness – Piney Creek Wilderness – Day One.
Once more unto the trails dear friends1 (three days in Piney Creek Wilderness) – Rain, thunder, a flooding lake, wading, and bushwhacking make for a different start to a weekend’s R&R. Piney Creek Wilderness. Journal: 13 44
Strange times, strange working conditions – Today, for the first time since March 11, I left the house for work. Two-minute read. 4 pictures
A wet hike back to the trailhead – I hoped I’d beat the storm, but I didn’t. Day Two, Hercules Glades, Pees Hollow Trail. Two-minute read, 3 pictures
Mid-hike posing – What the well-dressed English hiker wears abroad – I’m not going to win any fashion awards. It’s just as well I didn’t meet any people on the trail. Three-minute read.
Flowering meadow – Day Two, Hercules Glades, Pees Hollow Trail.
Selfie with the Cab – It looked like someone had been doing some close range target practice. Day Two, Hercules Glades, Pees Hollow Trail.
Another good thing about my chair… I discovered that my chair comes in useful to keep all my gear on as I break camp.
‘Cab Creek’ – Day Two, Hercules Glades, Pees Hollow Trail. 3 pictures
Drying my clothes and enjoying the sun – No, I wasn’t really wearing camo undies, but your eyes are not deceiving you, for the sake of modesty, in this picture I am.
Camped by ‘Cab Creek’ – Day Two, Hercules Glades, Pees Hollow Trail.
Camped by ‘Cab Creek’ – Day Two, Hercules Glades, Pees Hollow Trail.
All lit up – Day One, Hercules Glades, Pees Hollow Trail.
Sunset after the rain – Camped on ‘Cab Creek’. Day One, Hercules Glades, Pees Hollow Trail.
Trail-side shelf fungi – Day One, Hercules Glades, Pees Hollow Trail.