Wilderness first aid training
By Todd Wilkinson With winter coming to an end (hopefully), my thoughts have turned to…
Wilderness first aid training
By Todd Wilkinson With winter coming to an end (hopefully), my thoughts have turned to paddling. I can’t wait for warmer temperatures – air and water – and getting underway again on the James, Finley, Current or one of other Ozark streams. For those of us who are kayak instructors with the American Canoe Association…
Shedding some light
By Bob Frakes You will recall I wrote a piece in The River Hills Traveler recently about a tower that showed on an old topography map. It sat above Little Antire Creek south of I-44 near several Scout facilities. I have had lots of luck getting answers by putting it out there in the River…
How Missouri got its name
Did you ever wonder where the state of Missouri got its name? If you said from the Missouri River that runs through it, you would be correct but where did the river get its name? If you said from an Indian tribe, again you would be correct. Both the river and the state were named after…
On getting some ‘professional help’
For years, Marissa Rosentreter of Carrollton, Illinois, would dutifully help her husband, Joel, track deer that he had shot if he needed help finding the deer. Sometimes helping the hubby track a wounded deer in the woods for hours, especially after dark, was not the most fun-filled way to spend an evening with your…
This place is special; Widener General Store
From talented glass artisans to the owners of my daughter’s favorite Mexican restaurant and everything in between, if I can put my dollars into the pockets of those who own and operate their own businesses, you can bet I will do so. In my life I have seen the impact not supporting local businesses can…
Canada-style fishing in Missouri
I know way too many anglers who store their fishing gear just before hunting season begins in the fall and do not take it back out until the spring. This article is to accomplish two purposes. First, it will give year-round fishermen new options for winter fishing and second, to try to get the…
A belated Happy Valentine’s Day
This column is being written on Valentine’s Day and yes, it concerns Valentine’s Day (sort of) but you probably won’t be reading it until at least a week after Valentine’s Day. And yes, it is a column about two “love birds” but they are not human love birds; these love-birds, as it turns out, are…
Franko’s paradise
I met Ed Franko a couple of years ago. It was one of those meetings that went far better than could have been expected. We became good friends right out of the gate. We share a love of every single aspect of the outdoors. Ed is a fishing guide at Lake of the Ozarks….