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Pool below Long Creek Falls.

Gary and Lanie tending the campfire – Photo by Ginger.

Stock Pond by the Devil’s Den West Trail.

Teenage Girl crossing Long Creek at Hercules Glades - www.ozarkswalkabout.com

Taking advantage of a long weekend, we took Lanie with us on a three-day backpacking trip to Hercules Glades. Album: 15

Cooling off in a pool on Woods Fork – Busiek State Forest and Wildlife Area. Birthday solo backpacking for a couple of days at Busiek.

gary Allman in the Mark Twain National Forest at Piney Creek Wilderness Missouri.

Do You Know Pete Best? — A chance meeting with locals looking for directions on a remote Ozarks farm road. Two-minute read

Blufff topped by trees, showing the rough texture, and a dead tree in the water at Lake Truman Missouri

This was the last bit of the shore we examined before heading back to the campground.

Hiking the Silver Trail at Busiek State Forest and Wildlife Area

Choices: Hiking the Silver Trail at Busiek State Forest and Wildlife Area – The Silver trail loops here. Album: 11

Resting on the trail out from Piney Creek Wilderness. 4

It was hot and record temperatures were predicted. So, after filtering enough water to last us our hike back to the trailhead I decided that I’d lie in the creek a while and get soaked before we started climbing the 600+ feet out of the wilderness. 2

Sunshine on Table Rock Lake, seen from Piney Creek Wilderness

Table Rock Lake at Piney Creek Wilderness. 3 pictures

I spotted this dandelion and it reminded me of a picture I took of my son Robert while on vacation in Scotland over twenty years ago.

Journal: two nights at Bell Mountain Wilderness, March 2012 – Eager to find a new sort of ground to cover, we turned our attention to the St. Francois Mountain area, and Bell Mountain in particular for our Spring Break trip. Post by Ginger. Journal: 10 22

Gary and Ginger stop for a drink and snack on the way back to the Tower Trailhead – Piney Creek Wilderness. One-minute read, 2 pictures

Typical Ozarks recreational arrangements (365:365) – Today we sunbathed and went on a short exploratory hike. Yes, that’s right, sunbathed on the 31 December in the Northern hemisphere. Three-minute read, +8

Penultimate campfire of 2011 (365:364) – We were in two minds as to where to go backpacking this weekend. Piney Creek Wilderness, or the similarly sounding Paddy Creek Wilderness… Two-minute read

Gary Allman checking his EFM Coursework

Ginger dropped me off early at church tonight. I used the extra time to sit in the classroom and go over my coursework.

Cutting wood with Tom (365:337) – We’re going to have to come back and finish cutting up the log we’re sitting on.

Logging (365:332) – I spent the day in the woods pretending to be a lumberjack. I volunteered to give Loyal a hand today, and a jolly cold day it turned out too. Loyal felled a few trees, they were cut into logs and we dragged them then out of the way with the tractor and chains. This went on until Loyal ran over a small sapling, which got caught up in the tractor, cutting the tractor’s hydraulic hose and damaging the radiator.

An afternoon with Carol and Jim (365:331) – Today we collected Lanie from her Grandparents. Katie came too, the price I had to pay was a white knuckle ride in the co-pilot’s seat while Katie drove us through country roads. 4 pictures

Thanksgiving day with the family (365:328) – We spent the day at Matt and Betsy’s. Ginger’s aunt Susan asked if I’d take some family pictures – I’m glad I did. 2 3

Today we drove down to see Carol & Jim (365:323). After dinner we sat around chatting. 6

After Thanksgiving Dinner at church

After Thanksgiving Dinner at church (365:320)

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