Brazil Creek. I arrived at Brazil Creek at twelve-fifteen. I stopped and ate some trail snacks while I toyed with the idea of not taking on any extra water and relying on the small spring where I’d be camping. x2
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Packing up camp. After a breakfast of biscuits and gravy and a cup of Ginger and Orange tea, I packed up camp and was back on my way just before eleven-thirty. It felt cold, with a brisk wind and damp air.
December 29, 2024 10:41
A tiny bit of sunshine.
December 29, 2024 9:10
Day Three — Planning the day’s hike. It was a wet and misty morning. Last night, six hours of rain fell, which bodes well for water availability on the trail.
December 29, 2024 8:33
Berryman Trail — Day Two stats and the rest of the day’s hike. Including some unexpected noisy neighbors. 3 2
December 28, 2024 16:00
Tree down across Little Brazil Creek. The top of this tree landed right where I had been thinking about setting up camp. That ain’t going to work. Plenty of water to top up my supplies though.
December 28, 2024 14:10
Stopped for lunch at Little Brazil Creek. 2
December 28, 2024 14:09
Witness trees and survey marker.
December 28, 2024 12:17
The trail is well-maintained and skirts around the hollows. And lots of cyclists! Two-minute read.
December 28, 2024 11:39
Day Two, breaking camp. Do I return to the trailhead or carry on? Two-minute read.
December 28, 2024 10:19
Day One Stats and a packing omission — My heart was playing up, and I might not have enough meds to continue my trip. Two-minute read.
December 27, 2024 18:00
Trail Signs — The Berryman Trail forms part of the Ozark Trail, and the entire loop is looked after by the Ozark Trail Association, and a very good job they do too. -2 min | x3
December 27, 2024 11:57
Berryman Trail Mile Marker. There’s a couple of problems with the trail markers and blazes. First the wildlife likes to chew on them, and second, they curl up when they get heated by prescribed burns/wildfires.
December 27, 2024 11:51
Gary at the start of the Berryman Trail — Berryman Campground, Missouri. This will be my last backpacking trip of 2024. I’m nowhere near my goal of hiking 240 miles in 2024, but I’ll be spending the next four days hiking the twenty-seven-mile Berryman Trail. Three-minute read, +4
December 27, 2024 11:48
Journal: Four days hiking the Whites Creek Trail, Irish Wilderness. December 2024. There’s a break in the weather and I’m going to hike the Whites Creek Trail counter-clockwise, taking a leisurely four days to do it. Journal: 10 36
December 15, 2024 15:00
End of hike selfie — I’ve not taken an end of hike self-portrait in a while. Here I am all ready for the drive home. Trip over, four days, three nights, 21 miles, and 1800ft. climbed. Two-minute read.
December 15, 2024 14:34
Camp Five Pond, Irish Wilderness. From the western side looking towards the trailhead and parking lot. Once more, ours is the only vehicle present.
December 15, 2024 14:20
Whites Creek Trail, loop complete. +1
December 15, 2024 14:07
The Whites Creek Trail South Loop is much easier going — As I’ve mentioned this before. If you don’t like hiking through oak woodland, this is not the trail for you.
December 15, 2024 13:55
Whites Creek — there was water running where I camped, but I’d filled up at Fiddler Spring.
December 15, 2024 11:50
Spring — This spring pool was almost empty when I arrived, but it filled up overnight. The rain must have done some good. I’ve never taken water from this spring, for some odd reason I have never trusted it.
December 15, 2024 11:49
Mist after rain — After yesterday’s rain, last night and this morning were very misty.
December 15, 2024 8:38
Day Four — Misty, damp morning. I was planning on spending the night at Fiddler Spring, but there was a hunting camp set up there (no one was at home). I grabbed three liters of water from the much slower than usual spring and decided I’d head away from the hunters to this established primitive campsite around three quarters of a mile away.
December 15, 2024 8:37
Dry – Looking up Whites Creek. Now to get to my campsite for the night. Two-minute read, +1