A Semi-Interesting "Fact"

A few years ago (December, 2005), we led a backpacking class from SEMO from Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park to Taum Sauk Mountain State Park via the Ozark Trail.  Only DAYS after we came off the trail the Taum Sauk Reservoir broke and released a catastrophic flood directly through the area we had just hiked (that was a close one!).

In October, 2010 the section of the Ozark Trail that was wiped out by the flood finally reopened and we were on the trail hiking it for our hiking guide to Missouri the next day.  The semi-interesting fact is that we were probably the last ones to hike the trail before the flood and the first ones to hike it when it reopened after the flood.

Some trail wisdom:

An Ozark Trail blaze/marker.

This tilted blaze/marker indicates a sharp right turn in the trail.