-2- ( December 20th, 1980 to January 15th, 1981 )

Icy, slippery rocks January 7, 1981 -- Day 271 Along the Taum Sauk Trail, I slipped and fell into the stream on a morning when the temperature was below 32 degrees.....brrrrr to say the least. The rock in the middle of the stream was the "culprit". along the Taum Sauk Trail January 7, 1981 -- Day 271 First frozen waterfall January 7, 1981 -- Day 271 Second frozen waterfall January 7, 1981 -- Day 271 Frozen Stout Creek January 10, 1981 -- Day 274 near Ironton and Arcadia Silver Mines dam January 10, 1981 -- Day 274 Fredericktown, Missouri January 11, 1981 -- Day 275 Packs lined up outside cafes was the norm anytime we passed through a town........mmmmm.....coffee and pie. "Canadian Pete" McIntyre arriving. Pete McIntyre Perry Lookout Tower CG January 12, 1981 -- Day 276 About 10 people gathered in one dome tent for an evening of a dice game called "zilch". It was bitterly cold outside, but toasty inside the tent. The worst part of the evening was leaving that crowded, warm tent and settling in for the night in a sleeping bag. Hospitatlity on a cold morning January 13, 1981 -- Day 277 Coffee and cookies from this family, with the 3-D glasses man. The Schnurbusch Farm near Apple Creek, Missouri January 13, 1981 -- Day 277 Hikers see country on nationwide trek The Monitor Ed's Bar & Grill January 14, 1981 -- Day 278 Mississippi River Campground January 14, 1981 -- Day 278 HikaNation by the Mississippi January 15, 1981 -- Day 279 Tim Ernst, the Arkansas coordinator, snapped this group photo, with the Mississippi River in the background. The river was filled with floating chunks of ice. Last steps in Missouri January 15, 1981 -- Day 279 Boarding our ride across the Mississippi. Mississippi River pipeline Wittenberg Ferry January 15, 1981 -- Day 279 Our ride across the Mississippi. Missouri -- Illinois border crossing January 15, 1981 -- Day 279 ....on to Illinois

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