A Long Hike

Sunday, Pat, Rosie, Bojangles and I went for a hike on the Katy Trail, starting from the remarkably accessible Easley Access. This hike completed our Boonville to Jeff City access invasion. The plan was to take a leisurely Sunday hike. Three and a half hours later, we were half way to Memphis and my arthritic ankle had given up and gone home hours before. Below is a picture of the flooding by the Missouri River.

Little Roser found an old turtle with a damaged shell.

Just like every hike, the Roser over-heated and took an otter break. She was pretty much mud from ears to tail after this.

Bojangles spent half the day running perpendicular to the trail.

One awesome butterfly. Identify this critter and you could win a side-by-side refrigerator freezer. Well, maybe. Why not?

A tiny stream feeds a small creek which flows into a big river. 

Bojangles found a turtle, too. Much to his disappointment, the turtle would not come out and play.

 Check out this really long worm. 

The bluffs on the east side of the Missouri River are awesome. The Lewis and Clark expedition camped below this cliff on June 5, 1804, and they ate venison.

The creek was almost up to the bridge deck. Why would you call a creek a female servant?