Living happily ever after still means you have to clean house and do the dishes
Piney Creek Wilderness
Sunset at Piney Creek Wilderness. Piney Creek Wilderness – Day Two. 2
July 4, 2020 20:45
Evening light on Buck Hollow – Piney Creek Wilderness – Day Two.
July 4, 2020 20:05
Preparing dinner – Chicken curry for dinner, the wood stove’s up and running, and if you look closely you’ll see that the campfire’s all ready for lighting once dinner is over. 4
July 4, 2020 20:03
Afternoon swim – Two or three steps back from where I am standing in this picture and it’s six to eight feet deep. Piney Creek Wilderness – Day Two. Slideshow: +5
July 4, 2020 13:43
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
July 4, 2020 12:42
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
July 4, 2020 11:56
Mossy – Piney Creek Wilderness – Day Two.
July 4, 2020 10:27
Morning Tea – Piney Creek Wilderness – Day Two.
July 4, 2020 10:24
Table Rock Lake from the water’s edge. Piney Creek Wilderness – Day Two. 2 pictures
July 4, 2020 9:59
Stormy sunset – Piney Creek Wilderness – Day One.
July 3, 2020 20:52
Glimpse – because the lake-side trees were in the lake it was hard to get a clear view.
July 3, 2020 17:30
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.
July 3, 2020 17:21
Storm clearing – Piney Creek Wilderness – Day One.
July 3, 2020 17:17
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
July 3, 2020 14:39
Gary on the ‘Farm Track Trail’ at Piney Creek Wilderness – Piney Creek Wilderness – Day One.
July 3, 2020 14:39
Hiking Out – A couple of selfies and some notes on my hike out. Three-minute read. 6 pictures
May 10, 2020 13:19
Enjoying the view from my hammock – Piney Creek, Day Two. 3 pictures
May 10, 2020 13:00
Hammock camping at Piney Creek, preparing breakfast – It was an interesting night. Not because anything happened, but because of the odd and vivid dreams I had. 2 3
May 10, 2020 8:15
Table Rock Lake at Piney Creek Wilderness – this is my little spot of Ozarks’ heaven. Every time I visit it is slightly different. Piney Creek – Day One.
May 9, 2020 19:14
Gary taking in the view (and enjoying a beer) – Table Rock Lake at Piney Creek Wilderness. I wasn’t going to let the weight stop me, I carried in a beer to enjoy down by the lake. Piney Creek – Day One.
May 9, 2020 19:06
Table Rock Lake at Piney Creek Wilderness.
May 9, 2020 18:55
Table Rock Lake at Piney Creek Wilderness – this is my little spot of Ozarks’ heaven. Piney Creek – Day One.
May 9, 2020 18:55
There’s my destination in sight. Straight ahead across the lake. The lake was pretty full, and before I went on, I back-tracked a ways up Piney Creek and found a nice clear feeder creek (dribble really), to fill up my water bottle and a half-gallon pouch to last me for the night.
May 9, 2020 16:51
Gary on the trail (when he can find it) – The Piney Creek Trail is well known for getting overgrown, especially where it crosses ‘Cat Briar Meadows.’ As soon as spring is sprung, nature goes wild and starts encroaching on the trail. Oh, and I got wet. One-minute read. 3 pictures