http://groups.yahoo.com/group/motrails/ MOTRAILS Backpacking Missouri - the Good Places to GO ! Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:38:07 GMT Danny McMurphy http://groups.yahoo.com/group/motrails/message/10525 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/motrails/message/10525 I had a great hike on Wednesday with friends Bill and Richard. Here are the photos that I took at Trail of Tears State Park as we hiked to Sheppard Point using Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:08:20 GMT tootoomuch7 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/motrails/message/10524 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/motrails/message/10524 Howdy Hikers! An 8" snowfall the day before this hike almost kept us from doing it but with some luck, and a couple of AWD/4WD vehicles, we managed to pull it Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:35:14 GMT Doc http://groups.yahoo.com/group/motrails/message/10523 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/motrails/message/10523 I wanted to take advantage of the snow to do a little bushwhacking in the more remote areas of Castlewood SP. I told my wife I needed the snow so the rescue Sun, 31 Jan 2010 23:39:49 GMT chocgarage http://groups.yahoo.com/group/motrails/message/10522 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/motrails/message/10522 Just wanted to let the word out. I will be open Feb 13th & 14th from 10 am to 3 pm. I will only have chocolate covered strawberries, turtles, other sweets Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:43:51 GMT Danny M http://groups.yahoo.com/group/motrails/message/10521 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/motrails/message/10521 I went hiking in the Meramec CA early this morning and took some pictures in Little Wet Hollow along the creek. Here are my photos: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:38:48 GMT gaspergou2 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/motrails/message/10520 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/motrails/message/10520 Danny, Have been going to Shanks since the early 80's to fish. Shanks, Dupont, Anderson(Hwy 79) and Ranacker(Hwy 61) have no trails whatsoever. Not a big Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:15:10 GMT Danny McMurphy http://groups.yahoo.com/group/motrails/message/10519 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/motrails/message/10519 I was reading the article in the current Missouri Conservationist (February 2010) and noticed a note about backpacking in the DuPont Reservation Conservation Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:51:43 GMT AdamR http://groups.yahoo.com/group/motrails/message/10518 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/motrails/message/10518 To be fair, they did have plenty of warnings posted both at the entrances and the Visitors Center that said if bison or elk were nearby to not get out of your Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:39:56 GMT Taum Sauk Mountain http://groups.yahoo.com/group/motrails/message/10517 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/motrails/message/10517 http://wolves.wordpress.com/2009/07/22/bison-attacks-california-tourist-at-yellowstone-national-park/ I'm puzzled. I visited the Prairie SP web page and read Tue, 19 Jan 2010 03:19:43 GMT AdamR http://groups.yahoo.com/group/motrails/message/10516 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/motrails/message/10516 I took advantage of my day off and did some hiking. I didn't decide until about 9:00 PM last night where I wanted to go, and boy did I make a good choice! I Sat, 16 Jan 2010 23:06:32 GMT Taum Sauk Mountain http://groups.yahoo.com/group/motrails/message/10515 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/motrails/message/10515 You're right about the pictures not showing the height of the bluff--darn it. I should have got Lee (no relation to the Lee's Bluff Lee) in front of the ice, Sat, 16 Jan 2010 22:15:26 GMT gaspergou2 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/motrails/message/10514 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/motrails/message/10514 Tony, That is Lee Bluff Spring ice. That spring flows over those rocks year-round. Beautiful. Pictures don't do it justice however, as that swath of ice is Sat, 16 Jan 2010 21:52:01 GMT scott campbell http://groups.yahoo.com/group/motrails/message/10513 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/motrails/message/10513 Pretty nice shots Tony! The St. Francis River was looking that beautiful clear green color. Thanks for the views of Lee's Bluff. ... Sat, 16 Jan 2010 21:33:54 GMT Taum Sauk Mountain http://groups.yahoo.com/group/motrails/message/10512 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/motrails/message/10512 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/motrails/photos/album/2021848456/pic/list Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:59:08 GMT Danny M http://groups.yahoo.com/group/motrails/message/10511 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/motrails/message/10511 This educational photo exhibit will be at Runge Conservation Nature Center, Jefferson City, Missouri, in January and February, 2010. William R. Elliott, the