The pool below The Falls.
Lakes and Creeks
Sunset at Piney Creek Wilderness. Piney Creek Wilderness – Day Two. 2 pictures
Stormy sunset – Piney Creek Wilderness – Day One.
Glimpse – because the lake-side trees were in the lake it was hard to get a clear view.
Storm clearing – Piney Creek Wilderness – Day One.
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. Trip write-up: Ten-minute read, 45 pictures
‘Cab Creek’ – Day Two, Hercules Glades, Pees Hollow Trail. 3 pictures
Camped by ‘Cab Creek’ – Day Two, Hercules Glades, Pees Hollow Trail.
Small falls on ‘Twin Falls Creek.’ – According to the GPS these are only 260 yards from the trail. It seems a lot more when you are bushwhacking.
Enjoying the view from my hammock – Piney Creek, Day Two. 3 pictures
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.
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.
Table Rock Lake at Piney Creek Wilderness – this is my little spot of Ozarks’ heaven. Piney Creek – Day One.
Table Rock Lake at Piney Creek Wilderness.
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.
Lunch by Piney Creek and a chance to try out my new chair in the wild – I’ve already spent several hours sitting in my new chair, so I knew it was comfortable. What I didn’t know was how stable it would be out in the woods. 2 pictures
Sunset at the North Fork River. 2 pictures
Sunset and ripples – Sunset at the North Fork River.
One more Piney Creek Panorama for luck – I’m not sure that I’ll ever tire of this view, though maybe I do need to stop taking pictures of it. Each time I look the play of the light is different. 2 pictures
Early morning sunshine. 2 pictures
Decay – Leaves, shells and a stick covered with frost, and some monofilament fishing line leading to an unseen dead bird in the water.
Sunlight brushing the tops of the hills – the start of Day Two at Piney Creek Wilderness.
Frosty Morning – The predicted overnight temperatures were 30°F. It dropped to 21°F. Fortunately, I’d anticipated this and I was nice and warm in my hammock.
Winter twilight on the lake.