Piney Creek Wilderness topic - Breakfast in America https://breakfastinamerica.me/topic/usa/mo/piney-creek-wilderness/ Living happily ever after still means you have to clean house and do the dishes Wed, 06 May 2026 00:59:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://breakfastinamerica.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/cropped-2017-06-12-204131-square-1-32x32.jpg Piney Creek Wilderness topic - Breakfast in America https://breakfastinamerica.me/topic/usa/mo/piney-creek-wilderness/ 32 32 49034375 Table Rock Lake was the highest I’ve seen it https://breakfastinamerica.me/2025/table-rock-lake-was-the-highest-ive-seen-it/ https://breakfastinamerica.me/2025/table-rock-lake-was-the-highest-ive-seen-it/#respond Sat, 14 Jun 2025 19:10:24 +0000 https://breakfastinamerica.me/?p=41493 Table Rock Lake was the highest I've seen it — At 928.5 ft. It was 18 ft higher than when I was last here in September 2024.

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]]> https://breakfastinamerica.me/2025/making-a-cup-of-tea/feed/ 0 41490 View from my hammock, Piney Creek Wilderness, June 2025 https://breakfastinamerica.me/2025/view-from-my-hammock-piney-creek-wilderness-june-2025/ https://breakfastinamerica.me/2025/view-from-my-hammock-piney-creek-wilderness-june-2025/#respond Thu, 12 Jun 2025 16:13:00 +0000 https://breakfastinamerica.me/?p=41486 View from my hammock. Piney Creek Wilderness, June 2025. 2

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]]> https://breakfastinamerica.me/2025/view-from-my-hammock-piney-creek-wilderness-june-2025/feed/ 0 41486 Camped by Table Rock Lake at Piney Creek Wilderness https://breakfastinamerica.me/2025/camped-by-table-rock-lake-at-piney-creek-wilderness/ https://breakfastinamerica.me/2025/camped-by-table-rock-lake-at-piney-creek-wilderness/#respond Wed, 11 Jun 2025 17:45:00 +0000 https://breakfastinamerica.me/?p=41482 Camped by Table Rock Lake at Piney Creek Wilderness — Camped by Table Rock Lake at Piney Creek Wilderness. The lake was a lot nearer to my campsite than usual.

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]]> https://breakfastinamerica.me/2025/camped-by-table-rock-lake-at-piney-creek-wilderness/feed/ 0 41482 Camped by Table Rock Lake at Piney Creek Wilderness, June 2025 https://breakfastinamerica.me/2025/camped-by-table-rock-lake-at-piney-creek-wilderness-june-2025/ https://breakfastinamerica.me/2025/camped-by-table-rock-lake-at-piney-creek-wilderness-june-2025/#respond Wed, 11 Jun 2025 17:42:00 +0000 https://breakfastinamerica.me/?p=41478 Camped by Table Rock Lake at Piney Creek Wilderness, June 2025. 2

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]]> https://breakfastinamerica.me/2025/camped-by-table-rock-lake-at-piney-creek-wilderness-june-2025/feed/ 0 41478 Piney Creek Wilderness, Table Rock Lake. Looking west towards Buck Hollow and Piney Creek https://breakfastinamerica.me/2025/piney-creek-wilderness-table-rock-lake-looking-west-towards-buck-hollow-and-piney-creek/ https://breakfastinamerica.me/2025/piney-creek-wilderness-table-rock-lake-looking-west-towards-buck-hollow-and-piney-creek/#respond Wed, 11 Jun 2025 17:21:00 +0000 https://breakfastinamerica.me/?p=41475 Piney Creek Wilderness, Table Rock Lake. Looking west towards Buck Hollow and Piney Creek. I took a short hike further east along the lakeshore to find a spot where I could see out across the lake.

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]]> https://breakfastinamerica.me/2025/piney-creek-wilderness-table-rock-lake-looking-west-towards-buck-hollow-and-piney-creek/feed/ 0 41475 Journal: Five days R&R in Piney Creek Wilderness, September 2024 https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/journal-five-days-rr-in-piney-creek-wilderness-september-2024/ https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/journal-five-days-rr-in-piney-creek-wilderness-september-2024/#respond Tue, 17 Sep 2024 21:45:00 +0000 https://breakfastinamerica.me/?p=34832 Journal: Five days R&R in Piney Creek Wilderness, September 2024 — After my last backpacking trip in April, the weather got too hot, and then we spent August in the UK. I was overdue for some lakeside R&R. With the minimal three-mile hike and five days of lounging around. It was more hammock camping and hardly any backpacking!   Journal: 5 17

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]]> https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/journal-five-days-rr-in-piney-creek-wilderness-september-2024/feed/ 0 34832 Gary at Piney Creek Wilderness https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/gary-at-piney-creek-wilderness/ https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/gary-at-piney-creek-wilderness/#respond Tue, 17 Sep 2024 18:26:00 +0000 https://breakfastinamerica.me/?p=34822 Gary at Piney Creek Wilderness — I spent most of my time sitting and watching the lake and trees, with the occasional swim to cool down, which was exactly what I wanted to do.

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]]> https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/gary-at-piney-creek-wilderness/feed/ 0 34822 Piney Creek Wilderness, Missouri (looking southwest) https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/piney-creek-wilderness-missouri-looking-southwest/ https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/piney-creek-wilderness-missouri-looking-southwest/#respond Tue, 17 Sep 2024 18:24:00 +0000 https://breakfastinamerica.me/?p=34819 Piney Creek Wilderness, Missouri (looking southwest).

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]]> https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/piney-creek-wilderness-missouri-looking-southeast/feed/ 0 34816 Just another picture of my campsite by Table Rock Lake https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/just-another-picture-of-my-campsite-by-table-rock-lake/ https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/just-another-picture-of-my-campsite-by-table-rock-lake/#respond Tue, 17 Sep 2024 18:12:00 +0000 https://breakfastinamerica.me/?p=34825 Just another picture of my campsite by Table Rock Lake. Piney Creek Wilderness, Missouri. +1

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]]> https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/just-another-picture-of-my-campsite-by-table-rock-lake/feed/ 0 34825 Yet another Visitor https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/yet-another-visitor/ https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/yet-another-visitor/#respond Tue, 17 Sep 2024 00:16:00 +0000 https://breakfastinamerica.me/?p=34813 Yet another visitor — I was sitting by the lake enjoying the view when this tarantula ambled by. I've been told there are tarantulas in Missouri, but I've never seen them, until now.

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]]> https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/yet-another-visitor/feed/ 0 34813 Another visitor https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/another-visitor/ https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/another-visitor/#respond Mon, 16 Sep 2024 01:48:00 +0000 https://breakfastinamerica.me/?p=34810 Another visitor — This time a Stick Insect, or Walking Stick, as Ginger calls them. Piney Creek Wilderness, Missouri.

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]]> https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/another-visitor/feed/ 0 34810 Clearing skies after rain. Piney Creek Wilderness, Missouri https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/clearing-skies-after-rain-piney-creek-wilderness-missouri/ https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/clearing-skies-after-rain-piney-creek-wilderness-missouri/#respond Fri, 13 Sep 2024 23:47:00 +0000 https://breakfastinamerica.me/?p=34804 Clearing skies after rain. Piney Creek Wilderness, Missouri. +1

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]]> https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/clearing-skies-after-rain-piney-creek-wilderness-missouri/feed/ 0 34804 Lil’ friend https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/lil-friend/ https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/lil-friend/#respond Fri, 13 Sep 2024 21:44:00 +0000 https://breakfastinamerica.me/?p=34800 Lil' friend — Unlike all the other Harvestmen in the area who were busy doing their harvestman things, this one chose to come and sit by me for an hour while we watched the rain fall. +1

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]]> https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/lil-friend/feed/ 0 34800 Cue the ‘Twilight Zone’ music… https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/cue-the-twilight-zone-music/ https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/cue-the-twilight-zone-music/#respond Fri, 13 Sep 2024 15:50:00 +0000 https://breakfastinamerica.me/?p=34794 Cue the 'Twilight Zone' music — Last night, stumbling around in the dark, my headlamp picked out a glint in the rocks that make up the campfire surround. When I went to investigate, I found a Pilot pencil, just like the one I lost in February some 2½ miles away near the stock pond on the Lake Trail.

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]]> https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/cue-the-twilight-zone-music/feed/ 0 34794 The view from my hammock. Piney Creek Wilderness, Missouri https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/the-view-from-my-hammock-piney-creek-wilderness-missouri/ https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/the-view-from-my-hammock-piney-creek-wilderness-missouri/#respond Fri, 13 Sep 2024 12:57:00 +0000 https://breakfastinamerica.me/?p=34790 The view from my hammock. Piney Creek Wilderness, Missouri.

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]]> https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/the-view-from-my-hammock-piney-creek-wilderness-missouri/feed/ 0 34790 Rainbow at sunset. Piney Creek Wilderness, Missouri https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/rainbow-at-sunset-piney-creek-wilderness-missouri/ https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/rainbow-at-sunset-piney-creek-wilderness-missouri/#respond Fri, 13 Sep 2024 00:23:00 +0000 https://breakfastinamerica.me/?p=34787 Rainbow at sunset. Piney Creek Wilderness, Missouri.

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]]> https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/rainbow-at-sunset-piney-creek-wilderness-missouri/feed/ 0 34787 Sunset at Piney Creek Wilderness, September 2024 https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/sunset-at-piney-creek-wilderness-september-2024/ https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/sunset-at-piney-creek-wilderness-september-2024/#respond Fri, 13 Sep 2024 00:22:00 +0000 https://breakfastinamerica.me/?p=34783 Sunset at Piney Creek Wilderness, September 2024.

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]]> https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/sunset-at-piney-creek-wilderness-september-2024/feed/ 0 34783 Back at my Lakeside Retreat https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/back-at-my-lakeside-retreat/ https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/back-at-my-lakeside-retreat/#respond Thu, 12 Sep 2024 20:43:00 +0000 https://breakfastinamerica.me/?p=34768 Back at my Lakeside Retreat — Time for five days R&R by Table Rock Lake. +2

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]]> https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/back-at-my-lakeside-retreat/feed/ 0 34768 Journal: Four days R&R in Piney Creek Wilderness, February 2024 https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/journal-four-days-rr-in-piney-creek-wilderness-february-2024/ https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/journal-four-days-rr-in-piney-creek-wilderness-february-2024/#respond Thu, 29 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.breakfastinamerica.me/?p=33417 Journal: Four days R&R in Piney Creek Wilderness, February 2024 — It’s been almost a month since I was last out on the trail on my trip to Irish Wilderness. I toyed briefly with a four-day hike of the Berryman Trail, but I settled on some downtime by the lake instead.  Journal: 5 15

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]]> https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/journal-four-days-rr-in-piney-creek-wilderness-february-2024/feed/ 0 33417 Heading home https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/heading-home/ https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/heading-home/#respond Wed, 28 Feb 2024 22:25:00 +0000 https://www.breakfastinamerica.me/?p=33396 Heading Home — I remembered to take an end of hike selfie just before I left the trailhead parking lot. Two-minute read.

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]]> https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/heading-home/feed/ 0 33396 All packed up and ready to leave https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/all-packed-up-and-ready-to-leave/ https://breakfastinamerica.me/2024/all-packed-up-and-ready-to-leave/#respond Wed, 28 Feb 2024 20:03:00 +0000 https://www.breakfastinamerica.me/?p=33388 All packed up and ready to leave — I toyed with the idea of leaving first thing in the morning, but a bitingly cold wind put me off that idea. It was very windy in the night, the trees flexing had the hammock bouncing around a bit. The temperature dropped to 24 degrees, I wasn't toasty, but I was warm enough. Two-minute read, +1

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