Day Four – End of hike selfie – All in all, a brilliant trip, with lots of journaling, swimming and relaxing watching the lake. You can’t beat that. One-minute read
Gary Allman
Pictures of Gary Allman — If you don’t see me in one of the pictures below it means I’m featured in a picture in the post.
Day Three – Feet up, enjoying the Campfire. +1
Fun and frolics at the lake – The lake was warm, almost bath temperature. I didn’t bother to count how many times I took a dip. It was a lot. Slideshow: +5
Journaling – I did a lot of thinking and scribbling. Unfortunately, I came away with a lot more questions than answers. +1
Enjoying the view – between interludes of journaling and swimming. I even completed some camp chores.
Day Three – Morning coffee
Day Two Campfire.
Gary & Ginger at the Pole Hollow Cairn – I know how to treat Ginger to a good time, I made sure she had plenty of exercise, time to relax, and her own room with a forest view. One-minute read, +1
Only two or three miles left to go.
Lunch break, and I’m showing a bit too much thigh – I had a choice of routes to take today. The short route takes the North Fork Loop east back to the Ozark Trail, where I could get back to the trailhead. The longer route goes south, and into the Devil’s Backbone Wilderness, and returns to Highway CC via the McGarr Ridge Trail. One-minute read
Family Day – Spent with Carol & Jim to celebrate Lanie’s Graduation. Katie was also with us but unfortunately, she left before we decided to take a picture.
Behind the lens – I thought I’d grab a quick selfie in the bedroom mirror.
Whites Creek Trail completed – now just to hike the short spur trail back to the parking lot.
Time for a nice cup of hot chocolate – Cadbury’s Hot Chocolate, of course. +1
Gary, ready to get moving again – On the Whites Creek Trail, Irish Wilderness. When it comes to backpacking fashion, I lead where others dare not follow 🙂 +1
Lunch Break on Whites Creek Trail – Well, it was more of a snack than lunch. I didn’t want to spend time heating some food, so I made do with a tuna sachet.
Breakfast at Denny’s – Breakfast, our first meal out in over a year.
Tomfoolery at the trailhead. +2
The end of the hike – Day hike with Katie and Lanie. I took them to my favorite spot in Piney Creek Wilderness. It was an easy 5.5 mile hike with 570ft of elevation, and a nice long lunch stop by the lake.
Gary eating lunch – Day hike at Piney Creek Wilderness.