After a short 3 weeks off following the Washington State Park trip, it was time to get back on the road again and head to someone relatively new! Pomme De Terre State Park is not completely new to me as I have camped here before maybe a decade ago ... or more. It was a refreshing change to try a less familiar place while still beating the heat!

For the second camping trip of the year, after an unexpected month off, we would pack up and head out on the hottest weekend of the year so far. Much like the same exact weekend of 2017 at Sam A Baker State Park , which saw a high temperature of 108°F, this weekend would see a high temperature of 104°F with the temperatures above 100°F each of the 3 days of the trip.

The details! Length: 8.7 miles (19 miles future plan) 5.2 Miles - Lone Wolff Park to 370 Lakeside Park 3.5 Miles - 370 Lakeside Park to Riverside Landing Park Elevation gain: N/A Route type: Up & Down river Difficulty: Easy - Medium Water Gauges Dardenne Creek at St Peters Dardenne Creek at O'Fallon Special Notes! Updated October 2025 The entry point at Lone Wolff Park (phase 2) is closed for the foreseeable future due to the concrete stairway collapsing into the creek. Thank

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It's November. The tents and sleeping bags are all packed away. Camping season is done, right? Wrong! With a holiday on the calendar and a free day off work following that, it was the perfect opportunity to squeeze in one more trip! November weather, like any weather, can be pretty tricky to predict, especially months in advance. But none of that would matter because we would set our sights on an indoor camping trip to the Betty Lea Lodge at Echo Bluff State Park ! This would

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Finally, a camping trip that doesn't include a heat advisory! How exactly this happens in the middle of August is beyond me but it did and it was perfect! The trip this time would be to Mark Twain State Park featuring a large body of water to sit in if the temperatures had been worse. On top of the reasonable temperature, no rain again! This was really turning out to be an ideal weekend on all counts!

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