Tag Archives: Backpacking

ERL Trip Report: Day 2 (part 3)

Posted on April 29, 2014 by Ozark Hiker

Little Missouri Falls to East Saline Creek Day 2, April 26th 2014 ~16 miles   Around 3:00 or so that day, we were at the last crossing of the Little Missouri River.   It had been a few hours since we … Continue reading →

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ERL Trip Report: Day 2 (part 2)

Posted on April 29, 2014 by Ozark Hiker

Little Missouri Falls to East Saline Creek Day 2, April 26th 2014 ~16 miles   Kat had this salami. It was a nice salami.   He’d been looking forward to eating that thing since, hell, since the day he bought it … Continue reading →

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ERL Trip Report: Day 2 (part 1)

Posted on April 29, 2014 by Ozark Hiker

Little Missouri Falls to East Saline Creek Day 2, April 26th 2014 ~16 miles Woke up to a beautiful world with the waterfall nearby my only alarm clock. I could hear Kat stirring and figured I might as well get … Continue reading →

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ERL Trip Report: Day 1

Posted on April 28, 2014 by Ozark Hiker

Friday, April 25, 2014. No such thing as a slow day when you work in an elementary school.   I didn’t even get a chance to check out the weather report. Barely remembered to grab my stocking cap off the file … Continue reading →

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ERL Trip Report: Trip Prep

Posted on April 27, 2014 by Ozark Hiker

Monday – Friday morning. I turned 39 this month and while I’m not usually one to get too worked up about how many times the planet has orbited the sun since I came screaming into this world, this tends to … Continue reading →

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Eagle Rock Loop – teaser

Posted on April 27, 2014 by Ozark Hiker

I have really big calves.   If you look at the situation honestly, it isn’t anything really to be proud of.   Just genetics.  My dad has massive calves.  I’ve got a first cousin who also has thick meaty calves.   My sons … Continue reading →

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Raising boys

Posted on February 11, 2013 by Ozark Hiker

  I’ll admit, I don’t always feel like I have a handle on fatherhood.  That initial shock I felt as I drove Bear Bait home from the hospital – you know, that terrifying realization that they just gave an infant … Continue reading →

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Travel Not Recommended (Part 4)

Posted on December 15, 2012 by Ozark Hiker

<– Part 3 Funny how the brain works.  In the moment, it was like I could feel every second.  Terrified that each minute would be something permanent done to my friend’s mind.   Adrenaline coursing through me, waiting on him to … Continue reading →

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Travel Not Recommended (Part 3)

Posted on December 15, 2012 by Ozark Hiker

<–Part 2 |  Part 4 –> It started with the camera.  We were getting dressed again, gathering up shoes and gear.  Still laughing.  Grap asks me if I have his camera.  I checked.  Nope.  Still cold, I start moving on … Continue reading →

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Travel Not Recommended (Part 2)

Posted on December 15, 2012 by Ozark Hiker

<–  Part 1   |   Part 3 –> We hopped back into the Yota and turned to travel down a Not Recommended road.  I’m gripping the steering wheel with both hands, doing a 10 and 2 like a fourteen-year-old in his … Continue reading →

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