ShareToday, September 27, would have been my dad’s 80th birthday.
I though about that driving to the Traveler office this morning, not because I was overwhelmed with grief; but sort of in the soft, melancholy way you recall the good with the bad, the patchwork quilt of memories we all carry around with us.
When your [...]

ShareBy Jo Schaper
Traveler is having fun with this new poll widget we have. A couple days ago Emery asked how many people were going muzzle-loading for deer on Dec. 18. Twenty four readers responded, and we’ve just put up the results.

ShareUsually, Traveler Country news waits until after breakfast, but not so this morning. This news item wafted over the air while Jo was waking up:
EPA sued over Missouri streams.
The Coalition for the Environment, a St. Louis based environmental activist group, had been working with EPA and Missouri Dept. of Natural Resources to enact water [...]

ShareIn the August 2010 issue of
River Hills Traveler
Remember the favorite outdoor places, businesses and people readers voted for last September and October? The winners in Traveler’s second annual Readers Choice Awards are profiled in this issue. Make this section your guide to outdoor enjoyment in Traveler Country.
Other Page 1 stories:
Cool rivers pull crowds on hot [...]

Share Here’s a complete summary of articles in the July 2010 print issue of Traveler:
Belly boats — Bill Cooper
The coolest, wettest, most relaxed way to fish in summer
A piece of river history — Rick Mansfield
Vintage jon boat, 24 feet long, 32 inches abeam, has plied the Current for 50 years.
Past shadows reservoir dedication — [...]

ShareDear Traveler,
Anybody can make a mistake. When a mistake is made in a magazine article it usually is corrected by a reader or the editor the next month. Also magazine articles most of the time only last in reader’s mind for a couple of months while the magazine is current and then it [...]

Share(I’m not much at boasting on myself, but the boss said to write this up, so I am.)
On October 3, Jo Schaper was given the Lester B. Dill Award by the Mississippi Valley-Ozark Region of the National Speleological Society. The award was established in 1972 by Lester B. Dill, the Ozark entrepreneur who took Saltpeter [...]