Johnson Shut-Ins State Park, MO
One of the best things about camping with my big bro is that he's a master chef. Smoking meat, grilling or making a batch of fresh blueberry pancakes, he's the man.
We woke up this morning, moseyed on over to the his campsite and were greeted with blueberry pancakes. Okay. I'll bite...
We're about 20 minutes away from Elephant Rock State Park. We spent the morning hiking around the place. Loved the cool trails, squeezing between rocks, climbing over boulders and great views.
Elephant Rocks is actually an abandoned quarry. Some of the granite mined here was used to build the Governor's Mansion in Jefferson City and the Budweiser building in St. Louis. We also read that some of it was used for building as far away as San Francisco.
The kids really enjoyed looking at little holes in the rocks. Cool things were swimming around in there!
The last picture is an old ruins of an engine house. This is where a train engine was stored that hauled all the granite.
We spent the afternoon swimming and floating in the river.
Marc, grilling up burgers on his tripod grill.
Oh yeah...
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