By Jo Schaper
It’s official. Turtles are on the move. I’ve stopped twice in the last three days to turn turtles (one three-toed and one painted if you must know) that for some reason have decided to travel the roads in the same direction as traffic, as opposed to simply cross the road in search of [...]

Time: Sunday afternoon 1-5 p.m.
Place: 780 N. Commercial, St. Clair Missouri
RSVP: Not Required. If you need help getting here: call 800-874-8423 x2 during business hours.
What to bring: A spouse or friends! People who love the Missouri outdoors. Suitable for all ages: small children can meet Trav!
Parking: In front and around back. Mobility impaired accessible from [...]

Being as it was Friday afternoon, Jo was sitting in the office, when one of our subscribers, Kenneth Preiss of St. Clair, walked in. Mr. Preiss has been a subscriber since at least 1996, according to the records.
“I’d like to renew my subscription, and give you this if you want it.” He took his [...]

Traveler Cooling Center Thought for the Day:

Usual summer temperature Meramec River: 70-80 degrees.
Usual summer temperature Current River: 65-68 degrees.
Average annual temperature for Missouri: 56-58 degrees.
Missouri cave temperature: 54-60 degrees.
Average temperature of a deep Missouri spring 52-58 degrees.
At depth, inside Maramec spring right now: 47 degrees.
Measured temperature on the Blue Spring sign: 38 degrees.

Ahhhhhhhh! Keepin’ [...]

We are looking for the longest continual Traveler Subscriber for our 40th anniversary issue.
You see, our computer records only go back to 1996. That’s when the Todds started using the computer to keep track of subscriptions. The notebooks and index cards of yesteryear long vanished somewhere near Piedmont.
If you are, or you know [...]

Please pity Jo’s husband Eugene.
There are three nature and Earth Day related festivals going on this weekend: Friday on the State Capitol grounds in Jefferson City, the Bat Festival at Onondaga Cave State Park, and St. Louis Earth Day at Forest Park in St. Louis
He’s working all three of them on behalf of bats, [...]

By Jo Schaper
For most of the time I’ve worked for Traveler, I’ve had Alan Young on my cell phone speed dial.
Alan, and his wife Christine, are the primary movers and shakers of the Off-Road Camping Club, a Midwest camping group, that, despite its name, is more about family-style camping, and having fun outdoors than [...]

And copies of Mo-Go and the Missouri Canoe and Floaters Association 2012 affiliated outfitters guides.

Our host, Alpine Shop on Kirkwood Road in Kirkwood, Mo., can fix you up with the real thing, but only Jo can give you an *authentic* little red paddle for your very own banana boat.
Ever seen a raccoon with [...]

Jo was quietly working at the Traveler office this morning when a GIANT BAT flew down and roosted on the eave in front of her desk.
It’s been hanging around ALL MORNING. Even though she’s a caver, a bat with a 10 foot wingspan is something she’s not used to. She did check…it does [...]

Summer starts June 21, but the thermometer says it’s already here.
We’d like Traveler to be part of your summer season, and we’ve got a number of reasons (and ways) for you to take us along.
First of all, the paper itself. Not a subscriber? We’ve still got plenty of our June Float Issue on our [...]