Today we left our camp nice and early to avoid the heat. We had a few things lined up to do in the Ozark forest, but none of them really happened.

Our first stop was a walk to some rocks. But it was too hot, so we aborted that. Then I think there was some more rocks and maybe a mountain to see, but we had forgotten to fuel up and there were no gas stations in the wop wops. We continued driving but all we saw was trees. All day. Every now and then we’d see a glimpse of a nice view of the mountains through the trees, but most of the time it was just trees.

Eventually, near the end of the day there was a lookout. This was very exciting for me, as I was getting so sick of seeing trees. And it was an incredible view over the trees. We met a couple of guys from Mississippi and they also mentioned how sick they were of trees.

We turned off to have a look at a campground. It was only $5 to camp, but you guessed it. It was in the trees, and by this stage I’d had enough.

We continued on to  the town of Ozark and made our way to a nice campsite overlooking a large river. Thankfully there are fewer trees here and it is a gorgeous spot.