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Olympic National Park is on the Olympic Peninsula west of Seattle in Washington State. This national park is home to Mount Olympus, and was one of the stops along my vacation route last week. On the day we drove through the park, cloud cover blocked the view of the mountains, but that didn’t stop us from getting [...] Mountain Goat beside the sidewalk in Leavenworth My post a few days ago mentioned that you’d have to revisit my site to learn what my vacation destination was. Today I’m posting on A Small Town Girl’s Guide from a Bavarian mountain town called Leavenworth, Washington, roughly two hours east of Seattle. I’ll be rock climbing and [...] You’ve probably been dying to read about my new hobby. Ever since you saw my post earlier this week about life in Missouri being good, you’ve had trouble sleeping. You’ve tossed and turned in anticipation, wondering what this small town girl’s up to in her free time. You’ve been reprimanded by your supervisor for compulsively checking A Small [...] This morning I ran a 5K race in Festus, Missouri sponsored by an organization called Get Fit Festus. Festus is a town of just under 10,000 people. It’s located roughly an hour south of St. Louis in Jefferson County on Interstate 55. The Get Fit Festus race itself was enjoyable, despite incredible heat and humidity (even at [...] If you ask mountain bikers where the best trails are in the St. Louis area, nine of out ten of them will tell you to check out Castlewood State Park near Valley Park, just off of Interstate 44 and Highway 141. Castlewood is made up of more than 1,800 acre of land and straddles the Meramec [...] Crossing the Courtois Two weeks ago I set out to hike the Ozark Trail from Onondaga Cave State Park to the Narrows Trail Head. This section of the Courtois (pronounced code-a-way) Section of the Ozark Trail is considered mile 0-7.6, and fair warning: it involves a “creek” crossing that’s more like a river expedition. For the full [...] A small town man who drives a great big Jeep has recently made repeat appearances in the life of this small town girl, and there’s little that’s more authentically Small Town Missouri than off-roading in jacked-up trucks. If small town life were like the Girl Scouts, this small town girl would be boasting a Jeepin’ badge after [...] Starburst – (Not Photoshopped), photo by smalltowngirl St. Francois State Park was a pleasant surprise. This park sits directly on US Highway 67 north of Bonne Terre, Missouri, and I’ve driven past it countless times through the years without ever visiting it. The park boasts four trails ranging in length from .5-mile (Missouri Trail) to 11-miles [...] I was invited to join my parents at a fish fry in Coffman, Missouri in another family’s large shed/garage/barn. Inside the barn, we listened to the men recount the day’s deer hunting adventures while we ate fried blue gill, potatoes and macaroni & cheese. I sipped a Bud Light Wheat; a fire burned in the woodstove; and antelope, bear, [...] Bee Tree Park 1, photo by smalltowngirl I spent my Sunday tooling around South County St. Louis in a convertible, taking in the sunshine and enjoying good company. After a great omelet and coffee and First Watch, we headed to Bee Tree Park to get some exercise. The park sits along the Mississippi River and has concrete and gravel trails [...] |
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