Weekend hiker

Just before my recent trip with the scouts I saw a post by a friend on a backpacking board who goes by Phat entitled "Anti-Light Gear...

This weekend I went with our scouts on an overnight backpacking trip over Taum Sauk mountain. It's the highest mountain in Missouri but...

This weekend I took my son out to Courtois Creek. That's where the Ozark trail starts. The first part of the Courtois Creek section of...

I was thinking that I ought to record some of the gear that I take with me on my hikes. I try to be a lightweight backpacker so I try to be...

My brother Grant and I went hiking around a lake called Council Bluff Lake, just off the Ozark Trail. We really couldn't have asked for...

I had heard that the Bell Mountain Wilderness was one of the nicest hikes in the region. I started at the Highway A trailhead at about 8:3...