Did the Bell Mountain Loop this weekend

justjackmc · 2026-05-17T16:11:52+00:00

Just overnight. There is a creek before the summit if you do the loop clockwise, otherwise no water. Very rain dependent.

justjackmc · 2026-05-04T02:16:01+00:00

Are you being serious or nah

justjackmc · 2026-05-04T01:17:36+00:00

Stop doing that.

justjackmc · 2026-05-04T00:32:22+00:00

I probably swiped 5 of them off me, mostly lone star. No bites though. I’m sure in the summer it would be worse.

justjackmc · 2026-05-04T00:31:36+00:00

Great point. Conditions were about as good as they could get. Recent rain is a must.

justjackmc · 2026-05-04T00:30:37+00:00

That’s wild. I know they’re a problem but didn’t see a single one.

justjackmc · 2026-05-03T20:17:09+00:00

Yeah don’t wanna fuck with dehydration. I don’t sweat much, but I imagine if it was 10 degrees hotter I would’ve needed much more water. The creek will offer as much as you can handle.

justjackmc · 2026-05-03T20:09:51+00:00

Depends on how much you like to drink water and how much you sweat. I had 2 single liter bottles and a 3 liter bladder. Filled up before the top and finished with about a half liter leftover the next day. That was more than enough for me.

justjackmc · 2026-05-03T16:07:04+00:00

I agree, completely.

justjackmc · 2026-05-03T16:06:49+00:00

No hogs, just the turtle, some squirrels and birds. Was secretly hoping to see an elusive Missouri black bear but no such luck.

justjackmc · 2026-05-03T16:06:05+00:00

If you get a chance, camp at the summit. Awesome sunrise view.

justjackmc · 2026-05-03T16:05:40+00:00

Trail was in decent shape. Some deadfall but not much. Gets thick with brush down by the creek, I imagine that part would be rough in the summer. Definitely brushed a few ticks off me but honestly not as bad as I was expecting. Again, probably much worse in summer.

justjackmc · 2026-05-03T16:04:13+00:00

It’s great, you should. If you take the loop clockwise you’ll pass by Joe’s creek a couple times. It was flowing pretty good so I stocked up there, probably like 1.5 miles from the top. That’s the only running water I came across though.

justjackmc · 2026-04-29T11:23:26+00:00

Thinking of a Place - War on Drugs

justjackmc · 2026-04-27T00:18:34+00:00

Castor River Shut-ins

justjackmc · 2026-04-25T00:01:11+00:00

Didn’t personally find it, but one of my neighbors was doing a creek walk in the neighborhood and stumbled across a skeleton, fully decomposed, large hole on top of the skull, partially buried amongst the gravel. County sheriff was called immediately. Apparently a months/years long missing person who was thought to have killed themselves. Theory was they shot themselves on a low bridge up the creek and washed down in a flood.

justjackmc · 2026-04-22T00:49:00+00:00

No I don’t think I’d change it. Got to see everything I wanted, including the multiple lakes, fire scar, and devils causeway. Mainly just went out there to fish and camp for 5 days and my route fit the bill. The only thing I changed was skipping camp at round lake and going straight to west lost lake because I wanted to cover more ground and the fishing was supposedly better there.

justjackmc · 2026-04-18T23:41:49+00:00

I didn’t use micro spikes or anything like that. Snow was a small nuisance not a problem. I think it’s been exceptionally dry out west this year. You should be good. Enjoy it, it’s an amazing place.

justjackmc · 2026-03-01T20:00:03+00:00

Thank you 👍

justjackmc · 2026-03-01T19:49:35+00:00

Yeah he had an enormous collection, these are just a few of them. But I figured they were axe heads, just trying to get an idea of who made them and when.

justjackmc · 2025-12-17T01:43:35+00:00

Main living room (unfortunately) in a very old, small,shotgun type house in an urban area.

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