As I was scraping ice off my windshield again the other morning, my mind began to wander to things like: How much would it cost to live in New Orleans for the winter? And, frozen bird shit is easier to scrape off the car than the liquid variety. Ice at Oquawka, Illinois I
Alice Moore CD cover In a couple of weeks, St. Louis will celebrate its 250th birthday, so I call that a good excuse to spend a month highlighting songs from St. Louis musicians. We'll start by reaching back to the Great Depression, a time when the music scene in St. Louis was arguably
The river seems as wide as a sea at New Madrid, Missouri (photo taken Dec 2013). See more pictures here. Mississippi River at New Madrid MIssouri
Looking downriver along the Hannibal riverfront as the sun tries to break through a dense morning fog (photo taken September 2013) See more Pictures of the Day here. Hannibal riverfront as morning fog lifts
View along the St. Louis Riverfront Trail The St. Louis Riverfront Trail runs 11 miles from downtown to the Chain of Rocks Bridge, through an industrial landscape, past two 100 year old bridges, and along the only stretch of the Upper Mississippi River south of Minneapolis that has no commercial navigation. Not a
Ted Shanks Conversation Area; south of Hannibal, MO For August, the Destination of the Day department will feature places in my home state, Missouri. We'll start it off with 6,800 acres of wetlands and floodplain forest south of Hannibal at Ted Shanks Conservation Area. Visit the area to wander around the wetlands or
