Bell Mountain North Trailhead Parking Lot. Bell Mountain – Day One. 3 pictures
Missouri
Words and pictures featuring Missouri
February 2020, Big Piney Trail, Paddy Creek Wilderness – It was time for me to get out and clock up a few more miles. We first planned to visit Paddy Creek Wilderness in late December 2011, but with high winds in the forecast, we decided to go to Piney Creek instead. Somehow Paddy Creek Wilderness never featured in our plans after then. Now was a good time to put that right. Journal: 27 68
February 15, 2020 10:55
Back at the Collins Ridge Trailhead – and some notes on the trip. 2 pictures
January 27, 2020 13:33
Lunch stop on the Collins Ridge Trail. I promised myself a lunch stop, and I was going to have one. 2 pictures
January 27, 2020 13:00
On the Collins Ridge Trail. Moments after I took this picture four deer came running past.
January 27, 2020 12:12
Breakfast, pack up, and go.One-minute read. 3 pictures.
January 27, 2020 9:32
Day Three – Morning Light – I tried all sorts of shots to capture the light glistening in the frozen droplets on the branches. I failed.
January 27, 2020 9:00
Sunset at the North Fork River. 2
January 26, 2020 17:45
Sunset and ripples – Sunset at the North Fork River.
January 26, 2020 17:31
The setting sun bathes the world in pink.
January 26, 2020 17:23
Hiking (bushwhacking) the western end of the Mary Hollow Trail. 7
January 26, 2020 13:55
Sycamores in Mary Hollow – Having finished lunch, I packed up and hiked the last part of the McGarr Spring Trail back to Mary Hollow. Emerging into Mary Hollow these brightly lit sycamore trees caught my eye.
January 26, 2020 13:47
McGarr Spring – I have been meaning to visit this spring almost every time I’ve hiked in the Devil’s Backbone Wilderness, so I made it the focus of this trip. 4 pictures
January 26, 2020 13:37
Lunch at McGarr Spring. 6 pictures
January 26, 2020 13:03
Stock pond on the McGarr Spring Trail – The water in this pond looked very clear and clean.
January 26, 2020 11:47
The unofficial McGarr Spring Trail is very well marked – It’s a sad comment on the state of things, that the unofficial trails are better maintained and marked than the official ones looked after by the Forest Service. One-minute read
January 26, 2020 11:43
Trailside Fungi. In my current favorite color. 2 pictures
January 26, 2020 11:40
Trail Junctions – Devil’s Backbone Wilderness. 3 pictures
January 26, 2020 11:21
Breakfast, and time to hit the trail. 3 pictures
January 26, 2020 8:48
Day Two – Sunrise near Mary Hollow.
January 26, 2020 8:20
Mary Hollow Trail – I liked the colors and light.
January 25, 2020 15:44
Icicles. 3 pictures
January 25, 2020 15:25
Loading up with water at the end of the Devil’s Backbone Trail – Gone are the days when I carry loads of water. The Sawyer Squeeze filter is so quick and easy to use, often I only have the one-and-a-half pints that my water bottle holds, filtering water as I find it. 2 pictures
January 25, 2020 14:46
Gear change – new backpack. Zpacks Arc Haul. 3