Date	States	General Route	General Description
October 16,	Missouri	Lindsey to Bell Mountain	(8) mile one way hike w/ some bushwhacking.  (very dry)
1999
Day Hike

Date	States	General Route	General Description
October 1,	Missouri	I-70	Non stop to Denver
1999	Kansas	Denver, CO	Visited a friend for breakfast & continued
	Colorado	Glenwood Springs, CO	Continued on to Trailhead
Road Trip		Capital Peak Trailhead	Exploratory trip for Capitol Peak climb
(long weekend)		West Capitol Creek Trial	Arrived late but started for Capitol Lake
		High point of West Capitol Creek Trail	Set up camp here 3 miles into trail
		East Capitol Creek Trail	Found junction of two trails
Scout Capitol		Hike out	Did not make the lake – hiked in 4 miles
Peak Trip		Glenwood Springs	Motel one night
		Downtown Glenwood Springs	Explored the town & hot springs
		I-70	Non-stop drive back from Glenwood Springs

Date	States	General Route	General Description
May 29, 1999	Missouri	Car accident cancelled planned June Northwest Trip to explore the Oregon Coast, climb Mt. St. Helens, visit Mt. Rainer N.P. and hike the Olympic coast near Rialto Beach.

Date	States	General Route	General Description
April 9,	Missouri	Hwy 21 to Hwy 32 to Hwy A	Solid two hour drive from St. Louis
1999		Ozark Trail - Taum Sauk Section	Hwy “A” to Johnson Shut-Ins (15 miles)
		Bell Mountain Wilderness	Split off to Bell Mountain in an hour
(Backpack)		Goggins Mountain glades	Took a brief rest at this very large glade
(weekend)		Paddfield Creek	Lunch here w/ ice cold spring water
		Intermittent stream & waterfall	Camped here (maybe 7 miles in)
Introduced a		Hiked out next day to Shut Ins	Black River at Shut Ins was crystal clear
friend to Ozark		Hwy 21	Back to St. Louis
Trail Trip

Date	States	General Route	General Description
February 19,	Missouri
1999		Current River Section – Ozark Trail	12 miles of up & down - Oak/Hickory
		(Peck Ranch to end at Hwy 60)
Day Hike
section of
the Ozark
Trail

Date	States	General Route	General Description
July 29,		I-70  (heavy rain to Russell, KS)	Non stop drive to Hwy 36.
1998 thru		Hwy 36	Boulder to Estes Park.
August 4,	Colorado	Rocky Mountain National Park	Glacier Basin Campground - 4 nights
1998		Glacier Gorge	Hiked to Black Lake to scout climb.
		Black Lake	Climbed steep W. side & returned E. side.
Road Trip		Rest Day	Tired from scouting bench above Black L.
(extra long		Glacier Gorge parking lot	Started from here3:30AM
weekend)		Black Lake	Arrived 7:00AM.
		East Inlet	Took this to bench above Black Lake.
McHenry's Peak		Stone Man Pass	Arrived 11:45AM.
Climb Trip		McHenry's Peak	Summit at 1:45PM  (very steep near top)
		Bottom of coular below Stone Man	3:00PM.
Detailed Report		West Cliffs above Black Lake	Took these back down to Black Lake.
Of Climb		Backcountry Camp site	Camped here.
		Glacier Gorge parking lot	Back to car next day at 7:00AM .
		Rest Day	Celebration meal at Nicky's.
		I-70	Non stop drive back.

Date	States	General Route	General Description
April, 26,	Missouri	Lone Elk County Park to W. Tyson	(7) mile one way hike on the Chubb Trail
1998
Day Hike

Date	States	General Route	General Description
March 26,		I-70 to Hwy 128	Non-stop drive (1100 miles)
1998		Hwy 128 to Moab, UT & Hwy 191	Island in the Sky District
		Canyonlands National Park	Willow Flat Campground full
Road Trip	Utah	Dead Horse State Park	Camped 2 nights
(1 week)		Arches National Park	Hiked to Delicate Arch
		Goblin Valley State Park	Visited a couple hours
Detailed Trip		Capitol Reef National Park	Camped 2 nights
Report		Notom-Bullfrog Road	Explored this road to Burr Trail
		Strike Valley Overlook	Hiked 3 miles to overlook
Utah Spring		Burr Trail	Drove this road to Boulder, UT
Break Trip		Scenic Hwy 12	Drove this very scenic road
		Kodachrome Basin State Park	Camped 1 night
		Bryce Canyon National Park	Visited at sunset
	New Mexico	Cottonwood Canyon Road	Drove this to near Page, AZ
		Cockscomb	Climbed to a high point
		Wire Pass/Buckskin Gulch	Hiked Wire Pass to Buckskin Gulch
		Zion N.P.	Planned to camp 2 nights but rain/snow
		Page, AZ	Motel 1 night
		Lee's Ferry	Visit to check out future backpack trip
		Grand Canyon National Park	Camped in Mather Campground 2 nights
		Flagstaff	Stopped at visitor's center
		Walnut Canyon National Monument	Quick visit
		Tucumcari, NM	Motel 1 night
		I-40 & I 44	Non-stop drive back

Date	States	General Route	General Description
October  22,	Missouri	I-64 to I-57	To Mt. Vernon, IL
1997	Illinois	I-57 to I-24	To Nashville, TN
	Kentucky	I-24 to I 40	To Great Smoky Mountain National Park
Road Trip	Tennessee	Great Smoky Mountains National Park	Backpack - Newfound Gap to Big Creek
		Big Creek Ranger Station	Dropped off return vehicle
(Backpack)		Newfound Gap	Started at 3:30AM
(extra long	North Carolina	Ice House Shelter	Passed this in the dark & topped off water
weekend)		Charlie’s Bunyon	Sunrise on Bunyon – very cold
		Peck’s Corner	First Shelter 10.8 miles from start
GSMNP		Tri Corner’s Knob	Second Shelter- rain all the way
Appalachian		F-4 crash site parts	Spent some time looking around
Trail Trip		Cosby Knob	Third Shelter rained all night
		Big Creek Ranger Station	Hiked out and on to Mountain Mammas
		Mountain Mammas	Showered and had a great hamburger
		Nashville	Stayed in motel one night
		Hermitage	Visited Andrew Jackson’s home
		Parthenon Replica	Checked this out near Vanderbilt Univ.
		I-24 to I-57 to I-64	Return from Nashville, TN non-stop

Date	States	General Route	General Description
September 12,		I-64 to I-57	To Mt. Vernon, IL
1997		I-57 to I-24	To Nashville, TN
		I-24 to I 40	To Great Smoky Mountain National Park
Road Trip		Great Smokey Mountain National Park	Scouting Appalachian Trail thru park
		Elkmont	Camped in this campground 2 nights
(weekend)		Clingman’s Dome	Checked out observation platform
		Dead Trees at Clingman’s Dome	A large number of dead conifers
Scouting		Mountain Mamas	Checking out this famous AT stop
Appalachian		Big Creek Ranger Station	Planned hike out point
Trail in Great		Newfound Gap	Hiked into trail to Ice House Shelter
Smoky Mtn	Tennessee	Jump Off	Hiked to this spot – Black bear heaven
Nat. Park		Left Newfound Gap at 2:30 PM
Trip		Back in St. Louis at 12:05AM

Date	States	General Route	General Description
August 23,	Missouri	Hwy 21 to Hwy 32 to Hwy A	St. Louis to trailhead
1997		Karkagne Section – Ozark Trail.	Tracking unmarked portion of the Karkagne Section of the Ozark Trail
		Highway “A” parking lot.	Looked for markers leading to Sutton Bluff.
Road Trip		Black River.	Drove to official beginning of this river.
(long day)		Narrow gravel Backroad	Searched woods this area for trail markers
		Brushy Creek.	Drove this - Again no sign of trail markers.
Checking		Sutton Bluff.	Drove various roads to here
Unfinished		Cook’s Cave	Hiked to here via West Fork of Black River
Section of		Steel Gate at Cave Opening	Huge cave opening w/ gates to protect bats.
Ozark Trail		Old Cars jammed into creek banks	12 cars in this 2- mile stretch of creek.
Trip		Hwy 21	Returned to St. Louis

Date	States	General Route	General Description
July 20,	Ohio	East Harbor State Park	Camped 3 nights on Lake Erie
1997	Indiana	Put-In-Bay Island	Jet boat from Sandusky, OH (good place)
		Perry's Victory National Memorial	To the top of the tower.
Road Trip		Cedar Point	The best coaster park in the world
		Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore	Dunes are next door to nuclear power plant

Date	States	General Route	General Description
May 25,	Missouri	Trace Creek Section – Ozark Trail	6 mile section - typical Oak/Hickory Forest
1997		(Hwy DD to Hwy 32)
		Trying to track Karkagne Section of O.T.
Day Hiking		Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park
a section		Elephant Rock St. Park
of the Ozark
Trail

Date	States	General Route	General Description
March 18,	Missouri	I-44 & I-40	Non-stop driving to Flagstaff (not a good idea)
1997	Oklahoma	Santa Rosa	Noticed Hale Bopp Comet to the North
	Texas	Petrified Forest National Park	Three hours is not long enough (good place)
Road Trip	New Mexico	Sunset Crater National Monument	Hiked around at Sunset Crater
(2 weeks)	Arizona	Waputki National Monument	Stopped at a couple ruins
		Flagstaff, AZ	Motel (1 nite)
Spring Break		Oak Creek Canyon	Beautiful canyon w/ a lot of campgrounds
Death Valley		Tuzigoot National Monument	Interesting w/ abandoned cooper field
		Montezuma National Monument	Great little park
Climb		Chapel of the Holy Cross	One of the best chapels in the world
Telescope	Nevada	Hoover Dam	Drove past at night on the way to Las Vegas.
Peak		Las Vegas	Explored Las Vegas at night till 3AM - motel (1 nite)
Trip	California	Stateline – Buffalo Bills Casino	Rode the Desperado roller coaster
		Mohave Desert National. Preserve.	Hiked to the top of Teutonia Peak
		Death Valley National Park	Camped 5 nights at Furnace Creek
		Zabriski Point	Climbed Manly Beacon
		Dante’s View	Drove to overlook
		Badwater	Brief stop at Lowest Point in hemisphere
		Scotty’s Castle	Brief stop at this pretty amazing home
		Ubahebe Crater	Brief stop at rim of very deep crater
		Marble Canyon	Hiked into canyon approx. one mile
	Nevada	Rhyolite	Checked out what little is left of this town.
		Titus Canyon	Drove length of canyon (pretty cool)
	California	Telescope Peak.	Camped Mahogany Flat and climbed peak
		Eureka Dunes	Hale Bopp Comet crystal clear from top of dunes
	Utah	Bryce Canyon National Park	Camped one night near rim
		Hwy 12	Byerly Overlook – one of the best
		Capitol Reef National Park	Burr Trail & at Strike Valley overlook
		Notom Bullfrog Road	Oyster Shell Reef is pretty wild
		Hanksville	Stayed in motel one night
		Natural Bridges National Monument	Visitors center & quick view of bridges
		Muley Point Overlook	Drove backroad to overlook - awesome
		Goosenecks of San Juan State Park	Checked this out
	Arizona	Monument Valley	Checked out the visitors center
		Canyon De Chelly National Monument	Checked out visitors center.
		White House Ruins overlook	Brief visit to overlook.
		Spider Rock overlook	Brief visit to overlook.
		Hubbel Trading Post	Tried to visit but closed.
	New Mexico	El Malpais National Monument	Drove Hwy 117 but visitor’s center closed.
	Texas	Tucumcari	motel 1 night.
	Oklahoma	I-40 & I-44	Non-stop return .
	Missouri

Date	States	General Route	General Description
November 6,	Missouri	Between the Rivers Section – Ozark Tr.	Well planned trip - 3 nights
1996		(all 31 miles)	Rained all day first day
			(3 nights - 4 days)
Backpacking
Trip on
the Ozark
Trail

Date	States	General Route	General Description
October 19,	Missouri	Silver Mines State Park	Camped 1 night in campground
1996		River Hike from Hwy	Hiked in creek to dam ruins & to Millstream Gardens.
Road Trip

Date	States	General Route	General Description
October 2,	Missouri	(Hawn State Park	Very popular trail
1996		Back  Loop  – 10 miles)
Day Trip

Date	States	General Route	General Description
September 18,	Missouri	Elephant Rock State Park	Breaking in new climbing shoes.
1996		Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park
Day Trip

Date	States	General Route	General Description
September 6,	Illinois	Giant City State Park near Carbondale, IL	Camped 2 nights in main campground.
1996		Popeye festival in Chester, IL	Rappelling at Shelter House No.1 cliffs.
			Rappelling master literally dove head first off cliff.
Road Trip

Date	States	General Route	General Description
June 6,		I-70	Non-stop drive from St. Louis
1996		Grand Junction	Approx. 1100 miles from St. Louis.
	Colorado	Colorado National Monument	Drove the scenic rim drive to visitors center.
Road Trip	Utah	San Rafael Reef	Took note of this amazing tilted sandstone.
(2 weeks)		Sandstone Hoodoos	Also noticed sandstone hoodoos hour west from Reef & north of I-70.
	Nevada	Great Basin National Park.	Non stop from Grand Junction, CO.
Yosemite/		Wheeler Peak Campground	camped 1 night   (very good).
Clouds Rest		Lunar Crater	Massive crater in isolated area.
& Half Dome		Tonapah	This is home to Area 51.
Climb Trip	California	White Mountains	Bristlecone Pines absolutely awesome.
		Lone Pine	Motel 1 night.
		Mt Whitney	Drove the Mt. Whitney Portal Road.
		Alabama Hills	Explored these amazing rocks.
		Mammoth Mountain	Drove to Ski Lodge.
		Devil’s Postpile National Monument	Closed at this time due to snow.
		Mono Lake	Explored the hoodoos.
		Tioga Road	Drove this great road that had just opened.
		Lembert Dome	Climbed this massive granite slab.
		Yosemite National Park	Arrived in park at dark - camped 3 nights.
		Yosemite Falls	First thing I could see from my tent.
		Half Dome	Formed one side of campground canyon.
		Yosemite Village	Explored these buildings.
		Ansel Adams Gallery	Visited.
		El Capitan	Stopped to approach 3600' wall of granite.
		Bridal Veil Falls	Here and at Tunnel overlook.
		Lake Tenya	Scouted out the planned backpack start.
		Hitch-Hiked to Lake Tenya	Next day we caught a ride 50 miles.
		Clouds Rest	Hiked to saddle below Clouds Rest 1 nite.
		Muir Trail	Over Clouds Rest to Muir Trail 2 nites
		Half Dome	Climbed Half Dome.
		Little Yosemite Valley	Moved camp to here 1 nite.
		Nevada Falls	Hiked out past this falls.
		Vernal Falls	Hiked out past this falls also.
		Happy Valley	Backpack ended here.
		Yosemite Campground	Camped here 3 more nights.
		Glacier Point	Drove here for sunset talk by Park Ranger.
		Giant Sequoias	Visited these.
		San Francisco	Motel on Lombard Street - 2 night
		Golden Gate Bridge	Drove across to Marin County Highlands.
		Marin Highlands	Explored the military installations.
		Muir Beach	Walked out to beach.
		Muir Woods N.M.	Stopped briefly.
		Point Reyes National Seashore	Visitors Center - too windy to walk bridge.
	California	North Beach	Very intimidating beach to a flatlander.
	Nevada	John Muir's home	Visited what I consider a shrine.
	Utah	Salt Lake City	Long drive from San Fran. -  motel 1 night.
		Timpanagos Cave National Monument	Found this and to visitors center.
		Mt. Timpanagos	Found trailhead to summit.
		Dinosaur N. M.	Visitors center briefly.
	Colorado	Steamboat Springs to I-70	This route back to Denver.
	Kansas	Denver	Motel 1 night.
	Missouri	I-70	13 hour drive non stop back to St. Louis.

Date	States	General Route	General Description
May 5,	Missouri	Lindsey Mtn to Bell Mountain	My favorite hike in Missouri  (rained for two hours)
1996			(8 miles - not a loop)
Day Trip

Date	States	General Route	General Description
April 21,	Missouri	Trace Creek Section – Ozark Trail	14 mile section - nice area along Trace Creek
1996		(Hazel Creek Campground to Hwy DD
Day Hiking
a section
of the Ozark
Trail

Date	States	General Route	General Description
April 6,	Missouri	Paddy Creek Wilderness Area	Hiked from Paddy Creek to Roby Lake (one way)
1996		(two separate trips)	Camped at Paddy Creek campground (1) night
			Explored the bluffs around campground
Weekend Trip

Date	States	General Route	General Description
March 31,	Missouri	Washington State Park	Did this entire 10 mile hike in a light rain - not bad
1996		(Rockywoods Trail- 10 miles)
Day Trip

Date	States	General Route	General Description
March 24,	Missouri	Taum Sauk Section – Ozark Trail	A maybe 6 mile section
1996		(Taum Sauk Mtn to Hwy 21)	Hike to Mini Sauk Falls
		(Royal Gorge & Mini Sauk Falls)	Explore Royal Gorge
Day Hiking
a section
of the Ozark
Trail

Date	States	General Route	General Description
March 10,	Missouri	Missouri Mines State Park	Lead mine processing plant in Flat River, MO given to state.
1996
Day Trip

Date	States	General Route	General Description
October 21,	Missouri	Taum Sauk Section - Ozark Trail	15 mile day hike - hiked out in dark
1995		Johnson's Shut-ins to Hwy A
Day Hiking
a section
of the Ozark
Trail