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Trail of Tears

Wednesday morning I packed up my gear and headed to Jackson Missouri for the Trail of Tears State Park. This was going to be at least a 2.5 hour drive, so I brought some camping gear in case I didn’t feel like making the drive back. I was kidding myself of course; the mere prospect of camping wasn’t something I was likely to turn down. This particular park had some special interest for it’s history. It is located on the site where nine of 13 groups of Cherokee Indians crossed the Mississippi River in harsh winter conditions in 1838-1839. There is Cherokee lineage on my father’s side, and Apache on my mother’s.

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2:25 am - July 2, 2010 Posted by admin

Meramec Park

The first hike of the season was spent at Meramec State Park in Sullivan, Missouri.
Initially I hit the Natural Wonders Trail, which is a short 1 mile trail, which the web site boasted as having “Caves, glades, mature forest and overgrown beaver meadows.” I was mostly interested in the caves, although many caves in the state have been closed off to protect bats from white nose disease this year, but I figured it would be worth a shot.

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2:41 am - June 8, 2010 Posted by admin

St. Francois State Park

St. Francois State Park is just one those magnificent places I can never get enough of. I often refer to it as “my heart.” When visiting, you really get a feel for the Ozark terrain. Vast forests, rolling hills, fascinating rock formations and glades make up this 2,000 acre beauty, and I can never get enough of it (I know I said that already).

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3:12 am - July 23, 2009 Posted by admin