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Salt Lick Point and Water Reserve Hike – 8/19/17
We started out early on a Saturday morning with hopes of beating the heat and pointed the nose of The Mighty Merc down Bluff Road: As we pulled into the parking lot, the hopes of beating the heat were quickly dashed as it was warm and humid already: But we loaded the kids on our backs and pressed on heading up the Salt Lick Trail which winds its way up to the top of the bluff: It wasn’t long before…
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Hawn State Park Pickle Creek Hike 7/6/15
We snuck out to Hawn to do some hiking along Pickle Creek: The boy was a tad tired after all that hiking:
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Johnson’s Shut-ins 10/27/15
We loaded up and headed down to Johnson Shut-ins to do some easy hiking with the boy and the recently discharged wife. This was our first trip in the ‘new-to-us’ adventure mobile (’08 Mazda5). We were fully expecting the thing to be a penalty box, but it is actually a hoot to drive and it pulls down great MPG’s driving dumb:
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Cuivre River State Park 10/19/15
More boring housework for us this weekend, but we did manage to get out an hike at Cuivre River (pronounced Quiver River) park near Troy MO.
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Valley View Glades – 5-16-16
We ran off to Valley View Glades to keep working on getting our hiking legs under us again. The kids handled the trip well, and the little girl didn’t scream the whole way for a change! While it was a bit cool on Saturday, the valleys were pleasant, but the views were a bit windy: Some water was flowing:
