Council Bluffs

Council Bluffs

Even at night it was beautiful in my camp, high on the narrow grassy ridge among the cedars. The big, bright moon slowly arced overhead to the west. I slept great.  I drank the last of my water in sips as I packed in the 

More Loess Hills

More Loess Hills

I woke up early in my camp along the Missouri River, quickly packed up and headed out to the road.    This was a beautiful day for hiking, mild, with only a light wind in my face. Yesterday there was often a strong wind directly 

Along the Loess Hills

Along the Loess Hills

I heard that most of the area got 2″ of rain. My guess is it rained at least that much at my camp in three hours. No wonder it wasn’t soaking in! Since my sleeping bag stayed dry I would have been fine camping last