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The museum at the state historic site has a full-size mastodon skeleton that is a replica, with tusks made of fiberglass.
Brooke Mahar, interpretative resource specialist at the Mastodon State Historic Site, stands before the mastodon tusk that was cleaned at the Saint Louise Science Center's Fossil Prep Lab.
Posted March 8, 2017
Hiking creeks with Crick looking for waterfalls and box canyons at Don Robinson State Park.
Posted March 5, 2017
Forest power line cut while hiking 13 miles on the Ozark Trail, Courtois Section from Hazel Creek TH to Berryman Campground with friends on a warm, sunny, first Saturday in March.
Posted March 1, 2017
Creek crossing on the Taum Sauk Section of the Ozark Trail on a cool, sunny Saturday in February
Posted March 1, 2017
Hiking the Taum Sauk Section of the Ozark Trail on a cool, sunny Saturday in February
Posted February 26, 2017
Mina Sauk Falls a mile and a half from the end of our hike at Taum Salk Mountain sunny Saturday in February.
Posted February 26, 2017
Icicles on the Taum Sauk Section of the Ozark Trail on a cool, sunny Saturday in February.
Creek at the Devil's Tollgate on the Taum Sauk Section of the Ozark Trail.
Posted February 26, 2017
A great cool, sunny Saturday on the Ozark Trail in Missouri. Get up at 4:30, drive 2 hours to the Taum Sauk Mountain TH to meet friends, pile in one car to drive to the Hwy. N TH and hike back to Taum Sauk Mountain.
Creek crossing by a small waterfall while hiking with friends at St. Francois State Park.
Coonville Creek at St. Francois State Park, Bonne Terre, Missouri.
Hiking off trail with friends on a foggy morning above the Big River at St. Francois State Park.
Hiking off trail with friends on a ridge above the Big River at St. Francois State Park.
Hiking off trail with friends at St. Francois State Park, Bonne Terre, Missouri. The day started with a heavy fog but soon cleared and was sunny and worm for the rest of the day.
Hiking off trail with friends on a ridge above the Big River at St. Francois State Park, Bonne Terre, Missouri.
Posted February 18, 2017
Dry creek bed on the Bluff View Trail while hiking off trail by the Al Foster Trail in Wildwood Missouri.
Posted February 16, 2017
Spring weather in February for a hike with Crick on the Turkey Ridge Trail at Rockwoods Reservation.
Posted February 15, 2017
Lunch break overlooking Pickle Creek while hiking 7 miles off trail following Pickle Creek from Pickle Springs to Hawn State Park with friends.
Posted February 12, 2017
Box canyon at Pickle Springs while hiking 7 miles off trail following Pickle Creek from Pickle Springs to Hawn SP with friends on a Missouri February Saturday in the 70s.
Pickle Creek in Hawn State Park on a Missouri February Saturday in the 70s. Hiked 7 miles off-trail following Pickle Creek from Pickle Springs to Hawn SP with friends..
Posted February 10, 2017
Hiking the sandstone canyon on a 70-degre afternoon in February at Don Robinson State Park with my daughter and the dogs.
Posted February 5, 2017
Spring on the Courtois Section of the Ozark Trail between the Harmon Spring TH and Berryman TH.
Pond on the Courtois Section of the Ozark Trail between the Harmon Spring TH and Berryman TH.
Arches National Park on a hot afternoon in late June 2016.
