ShareIt’s a risk to put out a Float Trip Edition in the midst of high water but one worth taking.
After all, Memorial Day is the traditional kick-off to the outdoor recreation season. What better way for Traveler to help kick it off than putting the focus on the one topic dear to the hearts [...]

ShareThis just in via phone from Jim Low, news writer with the Missouri Department of Conservation. The 34 elk, whose inconclusive health tests prevented their shipment from Kentucky to Missouri on Saturday, have been retested and cleared for transport.
“We have communicated from the beginning that we would bring elk to Missouri only if they were [...]

ShareMay’s issue of Traveler will be a dandy. Our sassy readers have filled a page with letters to the editor. We love it.

Bill Cooper ruffled feathers at both the MDC and Ducks Unlimited with his April opinions on the cause of turkey declines. They aren’t taking it sitting down. DU’s Kevin Checkett , MDC resource scientists [...]

ShareOn my rounds last month, I came across two contrasting snapshots of modern Ozarks life. You might enjoy a look.
I stay one night a month in Eminence, alternating between Shady Lane Cabins and Riverside Motel. It was Shady Lane’s turn. Proprietor Jim Anderson asked me if I wanted to go with him to a meeting of [...]

ShareAfter February’s blizzard, any talk of March lambs and lions seems pointless. We faced down that, so we can handle whatever comes next.
The weather did curtail our ability to get out and see people for this issue, but thank goodness for email. Our writers have come through as usual with a great selection of [...]

ShareWe’ve got just 10 of the 2011 Traveler Pocket Calendar books left and we want to give them away to the first 10 folks to stop by our booth at the Let’s Go Fishing Show in Collinsville this weekend to renew or buy a new subscription to Traveler.
That not the only bonus, though. We’re adding three [...]

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I turned 60 years old this week and am in a reflective mood. Bear with me, if you will.
It is summer, 1972. My sleeping bag is unrolled on a cot in a dingy rented room over an American-Indian bar in downtown Portland, Ore. I have hitch-hiked there to resuscitate a romance with the a girl [...]

ShareI was a little worried as the November deadline drew near. It didn’t seem to me that our writers had submitted the usual number of good deer hunting stories and I hadn’t contacted Al Agnew about a cover illustration.
One night I woke up in a sweat — how could we have a deer issue without [...]

ShareHere’s a look at that Readers Choice ballot looks like we’ve been talking so much about. We only count ballots on newsprint, but we’ll send you a free sample of October’s Traveler with the ballot inside if you’ll email us your name and address by noon Monday, Sept. 27.
We’re making this free offer for two [...]

ShareBring the kids and come on out to ValleyPalooza this afternoon. Admission is free. The music is good . The food is great. The cause is wonderful.
Kids will enjoy the inflatable attractions, face painting and martial arts demonstrations. For adults, there is plenty of shade, soft drinks and beer and food for sale by local [...]