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Tag Archives: Trail Work
A week on the Upper Buffalo River
I signed-up in February for a couple Volunteer Vacations organized by the American Hiking Society. I completed the first one in May and have now completed the other – a week of trail maintenance and hiking in the upper Buffalo … Continue reading
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Tagged Buffalo River Area, Buffalo River Trail, Hiking, Trail Work
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St Francois Mountains trip wrap-up
At 9 nights, this was the longest outdoors trip I’ve ever done and the longest I’ve been away from home in at least 30 years. I saw a lot of areas I’d been wanting to see, hiked parts of 3 … Continue reading
Council Bluff Recreation Area
Sunday afternoon (May 13 – day 3) I headed for Council Bluff Recreation Area (no, not in Iowa) to begin a week-long Volunteer Vacation with 3 other people, repairing parts of the 12-mile trail around the lake.
A tour of the St Francois Mountains
I’m heading off for a 10 day tour of the St Francois Mountains of SE Missouri. I’ve been in the area only once before, at Bell Mountain, and there are so many other places nearby that have been on my … Continue reading
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Tagged Adventure, Hiking, Missouri Ozarks, Trail Work, Travel
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Perry Lake work day #4
I spent another day clearing trails at Perry lake – this time from mile 28 (where we left off on work day #3) west to where section 1 intersects. This was all wooded so still in pretty good shape. A … Continue reading
Eddy-Ballentine and Blue River Parkway trails – work day
I spent the morning with a group from the Sierra Club clearing the Eddy-Ballentine trail. 2 of us mowed from the south trail head up through the Blue River Glade and down to the north trail head while everyone else … Continue reading
Perry Lake work day #3
Today found me behind the DR mower again at Perry Lake but this time we did Section 4 from Ferguson Rd west about 1.6 miles. There were more trees to trim (or just cut down) than before and we had … Continue reading
Perry Lake work day #2
I spent a good part of the day at Perry Lake behind this bad boy: A “DR All-Terrain Mower” borrowed from the Corps of Engineers. The goal was to reclaim part of Section 1 on both sides of 66th Street … Continue reading
Catching up
I’ve missed a few blog updates over the last couple weeks. Let’s see, there have been hikes with the KC Adventure Club at Wallace State Park, Shawnee Mission Park, and Hillsdale Lake, and a hike with a friend at Landahl … Continue reading
Abatement and a burger
I spent about 4 hours today cutting back small trees along a hiking/biking trail. It was pretty grassy so I’ll have to return and cut that – the first opportunity to use my new trimmer. Several acres in one area … Continue reading
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