Ozarks Walkabout

We had always wanted to get out and hike among the fantastic scenery we knew our local area of the Ozarks has to offer. but we had two problems. Finding out how to get started and where to go. It all seemed to be a well kept secret. Unless you know someone who’s been there and done that, it was very difficult to find out what to do and where to go.

We started Ozarks Walkabout to bring into one place the information we’ve found about camping, hiking, backpacking and paddling so that you can get out and about too.

It’s our way of sharing what we’ve found, and hopefully we’ll also encourage you to get out there and enjoy all the natural beauty waiting to be enjoyed.

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Some of the pictures from our posts

Watching the evening sky at Pines Overlook Campsite, Red Bluff campground

Watching the evening sky at Pines Overlook Campsite, Red Bluff campground

View from the tent: mist on the lake - Berry Bend, Harry S Truman Reservoir

View from the tent: mist on the lake – Berry Bend, Harry S Truman Reservoir

Photograph of 13 YO Lanie kayaking on Stockton Lake June 2012.

Lanie Kayaking on Stockton Lake, June 2012

Picture of bacon sizzling on top of a Coleman Exponent stove

Bacon and eggs for Breakfast, cooked on our Coleman Exponent stove

Ginger has a look at some of the bluffs on Harry S Truman Reservoir

Ginger has a look at some of the bluffs on Harry S Truman Reservoir

The bluffs at Berry Bend are very nice, well worth investigating and promise some good fishing too

The bluffs at Berry Bend are very nice, well worth investigating and promise some good fishing too

Early morning mist on Harry S Truman Lake, Missouri

Early morning mist on Harry S Truman Lake, Missouri

Berry Bend campsite

Piney Creek Wilderness - Descending the Tower Trail

Piney Creek Wilderness – Descending the Tower Trail

Photograph of an MSR Mutha Hubba Tent set without a flysheet near Tar Kiln Trail, Piney Creek Wilderness

Piney Creek Wilderness – Camped off Tar Kiln Trail

Photograph of a Speckled Kings taken in Piney Creek Wilderness, Missouri

Piney Creek Wilderness – Speckled Kingsnake

Picture showing the Forest Service Tower the trailhead at Piney Creek Wilderness near Cape Fair, Missouri.

Look out tower at the Piney Creek Wilderness Pines View trailhead

Table Rock Lake at Piney Creek Wilderness

Piney Creek in Spring

Piney Creek in Spring

Camped near the shore of Table Rock Lake, Piney Creek Wilderness - Spring 2012

Camped near the shore of Table Rock Lake, Piney Creek Wilderness – Spring 2012

The area around the lake has ample downed wood for a campfire - December 30, 2011

The area around the lake has ample downed wood for a campfire – December 30, 2011

Ginger, Gary and Lanie cooking lunch on the Coleman Exponent stove during a day hike on the Sac River Trai

Ginger, Gary and Lanie cooking lunch on the Coleman Exponent stove during a day hike on the Sac River Trai

MSR Mutha Hubba tent with rain fly at a wooded campsite at Berry Bend Campground on Truman Lake

We’re thrilled with our MSR Mutha Hubba tent. Excellent quality, easy to set up, great performance.

Man and woman wearing backpacks while hiking the Berryman Trail in Mark Twain National Forest.

Ginger and Gary during a spring break backpacking trip on the Berryman Trail.

Girl sitting in the middle of the Sac River Trail in the fall, surrounded by trees.

Lanie got tired of waiting for the slower adults and had a seat on the trail while we caught up.