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Sam A. Baker State Park, Patterson, MO 4/12/2013
So if you know me, you know that I have a lot of history with this state park. I have been coming to Sam A. Baker for half my life. I have stayed in both campgrounds. I have slept in the hiking...
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What’s with all this gear?!?
Getting ready to head out for the weekend into the forest. Going to shed the shingled roof above and adopt a home of nylon. The floor at dinner will be a dirt one, and the days activities will be lit...
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Isolation so close to Home. The Wilderness Trail, Meramec State Park 6/18/2013
So the Wilderness Trail is one that I have had on my list ever since I bought the book “60 Hikes within 60 Miles: St. Louis”. It is an 8.5 mile trail with about a 1 mile connector (if you want to vary...
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Not all adventures will follow your Expected Path, Part One. Berryman and...
First of all, it has been too long since I have sat down to write about my excursions. I have been busy with a lot of other things going on in real life, and as I HAVE been getting out into the woods...
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Not all adventures will follow your Expected Path, Part Two. Berryman and...
Continued from Part One. So we hadn’t made it to the place we had been trying to get to that evening, but it was late and we had made it somewhere. The Berryman Recreation Area was going to have to do...
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A good day to be out on the crane pond! Crane Lake Trail, Mark Twain National...
Saturday morning was an early one, waking up as the sun started to peek over the mountains and into the valley of the John J. Audubon Trail, where Max and I had spent the night camped out next to...
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Great Finds! Brazil Creek Recreation Area 3/21-3/23/2014
We were getting out to the forest for the weekend, and I wanted to get back to a place that I hadn’t fully checked out yet. The first time that I had been to the Brazil Creek Recreation Area was just...
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2014 was YOUR fault! (Take some credit, you’ve earned it!)
2014 started out kind of slow and harmless, but before I knew it things were flying along. I had a lot of adventures, and that is due to a lot of help and information and events and encouragement...
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Through the Hills to the Lake! Marble Creek Section of the Ozark Trail 3/14/2015
It was just about 9 am on a late winter Saturday morning as I was pulling into the parking lot at Crane Lake Recreation Area. The day before had been a nonstop drizzle, and it was still sprinkling a...
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Hey, look at Camping Missouri’s 2014 Report!
This is a report that was generated by WordPress, and I wanted to share it with all of you. This past year of camping and hiking and spending time outdoors in Missouri has created a lot of growth for...
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