Ozark Trail Thru-Hike - Day 13

Thanksgiving and it's my last full day on the trail! What a wonderful way to start the day with a dry tent and mild temperatures finally. This was one of the most beautiful days on the trail because there was a little bit of everything towards the end.
I hiked by tons of rock formations and pine forests, several water features, and most notably the cliff walls that surround the Courtois Creek and finally the crossing of Courtois Creek.
The section known as "The Narrows" is absolutely beautiful. You could spend a few days just in this area exploring all the little caves.
I get to the overlook that I planned to camp and decided to move on since there is still plenty of daylight and the campsite is pretty good but not quite good enough to get me to stop for the day. There is another cool place about 30 to 40 minutes past there that was actually a better place to camp but I still wanted to go a little bit farther.
There were actually several good spots to camp but I saw Courtois Creek and decided that I wanted to get across it and not wait until the morning. Once I got across I had to really hike fast to get to a place where I could camp. I did walk through a campground but I definitely didn't want to camp there for my last night so I kept moving.
I had to set up with very little daylight left but it was a great end to one of the best days on the trail.
Thanks for watching and we'll see you,

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