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    Scenery While Hiking

    Took a half day off work today to go do some solo trail hiking at Castlewood state park, a couple miles from home. Here are a couple of pics. It's very hard to be in a bad mood on this trail.

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    View of one of the trails heading to the bluffs




    View when you reach the top of the bluffs




    From the middle of the bluffs




    From the end of the bluffs


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    Definitely my kind o' place. Beautiful country, thanks for sharing!!
    "It's all the same to me, war or peace,
    I'm killed in the war or hung during peace."

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    Beautiful pictures. As Dale said, thanks for sharing with us.

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    Isn't it nice when you can take some time off work and do something that's good for body and soul? Thanks for sharing the views with us.
    "Touch not the cat bot a glove."

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    That's for sure! There's a lot to be said for going out and becoming one with nature, especially when you should be at work! Very cleansing. I'll get some more soon from the lower leg of this trail.

    What makes this spot cool is that this area used to be a resort for the St. Louis wealthy back around 1910. On the bluffs I'm standing on, once stood weekend cottages (some of the old fireplaces still stand) and at the lower leg is a reconstructed boardwalk to get down to the river, where there was a large beach on the other side of the river that required a ferry to get to (in the area of bluff pic #2) and the few remains of the old train depot that was used to bring people in from downtown. As many as 10,000 would show during summer weekends. This was "the poshet place to be", where anyone who was anyone wanted to be seen. 100 years later, the forest has reclaimed it.

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    Glad to see you got a chance to unwind a bit--I know you've had a few :crap: days.

    That really makes me miss the Midwest. The sad little runnels that they call rivers out here just don't cut it. What river is that? Almost looks like a fella could float a shallow-draft barge down it...

    Thanks for sharing these pics, my friend. Hope stuff is gud.
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    Quote Originally Posted by LitTrog View Post
    Glad to see you got a chance to unwind a bit--I know you've had a few :crap: days.

    That really makes me miss the Midwest. The sad little runnels that they call rivers out here just don't cut it. What river is that? Almost looks like a fella could float a shallow-draft barge down it...

    Thanks for sharing these pics, my friend. Hope stuff is gud.
    Yeah, I've had better weeks! hahaha.

    That's the Meramec river, and yes, they still occasionally send mining barges down it.

    Things are great, now

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    Now that is a way to spend a day/afternoon off. I have a lot of leave built up, maybe I will take a cue from you and get out a bit more to use it! Beautiful pictures.

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    Very nice scenery! Makes me jealous, as I haven't had the chance lately to get out hiking like I used to.

    You left out a very important bit of information, though. Were you kilted?!

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