Adventures Paddling St. Francis River Whitewater If you want to do whitewater kayaking within 3 hours of St. Louis, the Saint Francis river is your main option. It has good class... July 16, 2024 1.5K
Paddling Meramec River – Section 1 Section 1 of the Meramec starts at the river’s source at Short Bend and traverses 78.6 miles to Campbell Bridge Access. By most accounts, the... May 27, 2024 1.2K
Destinations Garden of the Gods Formed more than 320 million years ago, the wind and rain have sculpted these sandstone formations into some of the most stunning and extraordinary rock... October 3, 2023 1.6K
Destinations Bell Smith Springs A stunning destination with great swimming holes, beautiful creeks, and spectacular rock formations. We loved this area and will be back soon. September 5, 2023 1.4K
Destinations Paddling Roaring Spring – Meramec River We discovered Roaring Spring during our quest to paddle the entire length of the Meramec River in small chunks over a few years. It is... July 27, 2023 1.3K
Paddling Meramec River – Section II A 44-mile section of the Meramec River that encompasses the well-known attractions of Meramac Caverns and Meramec State Park. The first two segments are popular... November 27, 2022 2.6K
Hiking Salt Lick Point Land And Water Reserve Jutting unexpectedly out of bottomland farms, a spine of limestone bluffs walls out of the lowland farms of the Mississippi river valley in Illinois. The... February 14, 2022 2.9K
Destinations Chain Of Rocks Bridge Part of the famed, historic Route 66, the Chain Of Rocks Bridge provides historic nastalgia along with great views of a particularly interesting section of... January 17, 2022 3.7K
Activities Disc Golf around St. Louis Part hiking, part golf, part frisbee, part social. January 6, 2022 2.1K
