Dave Backus' HikaNation Photos Missouri December 20th, 1980  to  January 15th, 1981
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Sharon Chrostowski & the Christmas Tent December 23, 1981	Janet Parsons (walking away), Sharon Chrostowski, Gayle Fisher, Tim Geoghegan or Mike Halm, Shellie Newell, Cindy Bain Greer Spring - December 29, 1980
Greer Spring December 29, 1980	Janet Parsons Greer Spring - December 29, 1980
HikaNation (yellow hats) reporting for work St. Joe Lead Mine, Bonne Terre January 5, 1981	David Chernow Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park January 6, 1981
David Chernow Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park January 6, 1981
House Fire - Arcadia  (Ironton) Dave Backus helped fight this house fire January 10, 1981
Somewhere in Missouri Dave Backus       & supersized	Breakfast at Ed's Bar & Grill, Uniontown On the way to the Mississippi River - Wittenberg Ferry campsite January 14, 1981
Keith Wright waits while Canadian Pete is getting ready to swim across the Mississippi River January 15, 1981	Canadian Pete ready to swim across the Mississippi River January 15, 1981
Due to the strong current and the temperature of the river plus the chunks of ice in the river, Canadian Pete McIntyre ultimately decided not to swim across the Mississippi River from Missouri to Illinois. He did however take a short dip in the river while wearing the wetsuit.
HikaNation canoeing close to the Illinois side of the Mississippi River January 15, 1981 Fur Trader in the back, Stacey Waring by Jerry Benson, Al Schneider by Lyle Bialk, Paula Guerrein ?, Marce Guerrein by Ben Lazarus by ??-bearded man, Donna Lovely by Janet Parsons, Cindy Bain, Philippe Vermeyen departing in front of ??-in blue jacket , Fur Trader in the front Montreal Fur Trader replica canoes were provided by the Illinois Department of Conservation. Unfortunately the ice flows in the Mississippi River prevented HikaNation crossing the river from Missouri to Illinois in these canoes; the Missouri-to-Illinois Wittenberg Ferry was used instead. The canoes were allowed to be used close to the Illinois shore for a "sample" ride. Source:  Keith Wright and  Hikers Can't 'Tread Water'
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