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May 27 to May 30, 2011 15 miles 1,000 feet gained 3 nights
Hot, wet and <b>very</b> buggy. Lost count of the ticks we removed, and the mosquitoes were veracious. The falls were running well. I was very glad we didn't see the four foot water snake until the day after I'd been in the water.
April 20, 2011 3 miles 500 feet gained
A short day hike between school runs to see the dogwoods in bloom. We parked in the South parking lot off of State Highway A. Following some recent rain the trail conditions were fairly wet though not as muddy as on our hike here a couple of week ago. All the ephemeral creeks we saw had running water in them. We decided to go anti-clockwise around the Silver...
March 24 to March 26, 2011 3 miles 0 feet gained 2 nights
Short hike on the Bluff trail and back to the campsite
March 19 to March 24, 2011 24 miles 1,000 feet gained 5 nights
March 1, 2011 5.5 miles 750 feet gained
This morning we drove down to Busiek and hiked the white and orange trails, about five and three quarter miles with a couple of two hundred foot ascents. It was muddy and most of the creeks and a lot of the trails had water in them, which meant we had to be inventive in finding way across without getting wet; until we had to cross camp creek that is. It was ...
February 19 to February 21, 2011 12.5 miles 1,000 feet gained 2 nights
*Day 1* Over the past week we've checked the maps and pictures of the wilderness we found online. We had a rough plan of action, starting at the Collins Ridge trail head. There was no other vehicles in the parking lot, checking the registration log, it appeared no one had entered the wilderness from here for a while. We had a good hike along the Devils Backb...
February 5, 2011 2 miles 0 feet gained
*A short hike in the snow.* <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsallman/5420565218/" title="Little Sac River from the Sac River Trail by Gary Allman, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5177/5420565218_28334343cb.jpg" width="500" height="334" alt="Little Sac River from the Sac River Trail"></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsallma...
January 27, 2011 3 miles 500 feet gained
This morning we went on a short 3 mile hike on the Silver trail at Busiek State Forest and Wildlife Area. The hike might have been short but it included two, two hundred foot ascents. We’ve been slacking and not hiking much recently, so we’re a bit out of condition. We paused briefly half way up the first hill to catch our breath and take this picture. The t...
January 16, 2011 3.5 miles 500 feet gained
Spurred on by the need to do something we decided to go out and hike somewhere new. Ginger picked Compton Hollow Conservation Area, about 20 miles East of Springfield. By the time we’d got there it was already past 3pm, and I was feeling justified in bringing along my headlamp ‘just in case’. As it turned out we finished our hike at half past five, with the ...
