Words and pictures featuring Missouri
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
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
Late night stand-by (365:091)
Parallel Guide (365:090)
That’s it for today (365:089) – The problem with going away is processing all the pictures and writing it up when I get back. Still, I’m all caught up now and it’s all up and posted. I have to admit the last hour or so was wasted looking dumbly at the screen; I didn’t take anything in.
Lunch break in the old barn on the Sac River Trail (365:087). Ginger has this habit of distracting me. 2 pictures
Changing the headlamp (365:086). One-minute read
Bluffs on the Meramec River at Meramec State Park, Missouri – I love my little Fuji Finepix F30 compact, it produces such ‘painterly’ pictures.
Gary and Ginger at the end of our Berryman Trail backpacking trip (365:083). 8 pictures
Feet up, taking a break on the trail (365:082) – Today was a very windy day. Five-minute read, 8 pictures
Waking up in the woods. Berryman Trail, Missouri (365:081) – Last night we slept under the stars. One-minute read, 5 pictures
Near Floyd Tower Road, heading towards Harmon Spring Trail Camp.
Gary and Ginger Backpacking on the Berryman Trail (365:079) – Today the sun shone. Three-minute read, 6 pictures
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
Final preparations (365:077) – Today we did a lot of running around. 3 pictures
Gary checking the tyre pressure (365:076) – I had a busy day planned, and so it turned out. Two-minute read, 2 pictures
Petting Sprinky (365:075) One-minute read.
Something Spicy at Mama Jean’s (365:074) – The black caterpillar thing must go. Two-minute read
Annual Accounts (365:073) – Today the procrastination ended. After a slowish start, I spent most of the day working on my business accounts. 2 pictures
Self Portrait at Natalie Anne’s Christening (365:072) – This morning I was temporarily a Lutheran. 5 pictures
Drinking a beer at Tom & Rebbie’s (365:071) – I spent most of the day variously doing my accounts and studiously avoiding doing my accounts. Fortunately, I had an even better distraction this evening, as we’d been invited to spend the evening with Tom, Rebbie, Dash and Leslie.
New tent (365:70) – Today we set up our latest tent in the backyard.
Gary testing the new tent.
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