Bamboo in Arkansas!? Who knew?
Neil reads up on the trails
Brr! Had to forge the river. My Keens held up like pros.
A game of Uno by the fire
My poor wet socks
Dusk
Ugh good morning
We’ll remember coffee next time ay?
Sunrise on the bluff
Taking a break
VERY high up
Ugh we made it
Neil said to give him a “happy” so I did…and then some
Neil always looks so composed
How he really felt…
Here is an embedded Google map showing our exact track and route we took. We went counter clockwise. You can click the “Ter” button to show the USGS Topo map.
View 3-19-2010 Hemmed In Hollow in a larger map
Overall, it was a great, albeit short overnight camp. I definitely know where I need more work as far as fitness goes, and will be working on that throughout the year to prepare for Montana. It’s not easy to carry 50 lbs on your back for more than 4 hours. I can also see why people tend to do these types of trips in the early spring and fall. Even if it’s cold, you are sweating carrying all your gear up and down the mountain, and the lack of bugs, and forage makes trails a lot easier and enjoyable to navigate. Our pictures may be a little monochromatic, but it was nice not having to navigate thick brush and lurking creatures.
Fun post!
Cane is in MO too :-).
http://mdc.mo.gov/conmag/2002/10/30.htm
It’s crazy, we just stumbled into it. It’s such a versatile plant. You guys going to take the munchkin camping? They make some cool kid equipment.
Jessica
That looks so beautiful, just imagine when everything is blooming
yeah in a few weeks it’ll look fantastic! Thinking of heading down again when we come back down in two weeks for the jeep.
Updated with a map of our hiking track!
Wow. Your trip looks like so much fun! I don’t know why it took me like forever to read your post about it! We told our friends we’re camping in Maine, and most of them were like “uhhh, why?” — and I don’t get why more people aren’t into it. And we’re staying at one of those camp resort-y places. I’d like to be all hardcore like you two!