ShareNow on permanent display in our Photo Gallery: 2010 Traveler Readers Choice winners. Check out this album for our readers picks of the best outdoor, places and people and businesses in Traveler  Country.
Ballots for the 2011 Traveler Readers Choice awards will be published in our September and October issues. Be sure to vote for your favorites [...]

ShareI’ve followed the current issue with road closures in the Ozark National Scenic Riverways, and would like to put in my thoughts on the matter.
Although I live a couple hours away from the Current and Jacks Fork, I’ve spent quite a bit of time on these wonderful rivers over the years and have seen the [...]

ShareKenny Collins and Aaron Pruiett, both of West Plains, DID NOT win the annual Dale Kipp Birthday Goggle-eye Tournament on Current River at Van Buren.  John Conner, West Plains, and Merlin Pyrtle of Jackson — in the new shirts — did win the tournament. They were so sure of themselves they had these shirts printed [...]

ShareDear Traveler:
My wife and I are very pleased that the Traveler clearly continues the Bob Todd tradition of advocating for the protection of Ozark National Scenic Riverways from really destructive abuse, no matter who the perpetrators may be among the varieties of users or managers.
As a canoe/floaters on the Rivers since well before the [...]

ShareWhat in the heck is a Garbage Gig Off?
Darrin Treadway of Current River Outfitters, sponsor of this year’s event in Van Buren, told Traveler all about it.
“After tourist season, there’s lots of trash in the river. The locals are putting the gigging rails on their boats, and getting out the lights and equipment for gigging [...]

ShareFew people still alive ever saw an Ozark tie raft — the human created logjam of roughed out lumber which was the lumberman’s transportation mode of choice from the 1870s until old-time timbering faded away in the 1930s.