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Highly recommend going to this a bit before sunset in the next month if you haven't been before. Spectacularly beautiful.
Sunflowers in bloom at Columbia Bottom Conservation Area
www.stltoday.com
Sunflowers are blooming at the Columbia Bottom Conservation Area, just north of I-270 near the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers. The Missouri Department of Conservation plants the sun...
I haven't been able to make much time to go on and write-up adventures due to a very active baseball season for my boys and I but the Midwest Nomads have been very active. Today, they've released a great resource for finding Adventures around St. Louis. Highly recommend you check it out.๐๐๐ฑ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฝ ๐![]()
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Good piece on some nice spots around Missouri from stltoday. www.stltoday.com/travel/masterpieces-of-missouri-state-parks/article_b1cc1083-73ea-52f0-988b-074e...
Masterpieces of Missouri State Parks
www.stltoday.com
Missouri has 56 state parks drawing more than 18 million visitors a year. Last year, we set out to find the โspecial pieceโ in a few of them.
An already amazing place is going to get even more amazinger!
St. Charles County Park to Receive $7 Million in Additions
terrain-mag.com
The approval by the St. Charles County Council to change the name of Youth Activity Park to Kinetic Park leads the way for a major transformation that will be all about energy in motion through advent...
Early Spring is a great time to check out nearby waterfalls. Here's a nice piece on options from the stltoday.com. www.stltoday.com/lifestyles/chasing-waterfalls-where-to-find-more-than-a-dozen-falls-within-100-m...
Chasing waterfalls: Where to find more than a dozen falls within 100 miles of St. Louis
www.stltoday.com
Many of the waterfalls in the region donโt flow strongly until after a good rain, which makes spring an ideal time for catching them.
Don Robinson State Park is a new gem in the Missouri State Park System. It features a great canyon with a nice creek that has several great wet weather waterfalls. These pics are from our trip there on Sunday.
Had to work on some house projects yesterday but we did make it out in the afternoon for our first visit to Bee Tree County Park. Bee Tree was built by Southwestern Bell Telephone Company founder, Eugene Nims, as a weekend retreat. It overlooks the Mississippi River, has large stocked lake, and includes trails, a playground, several nice shelters, and a huge mansion built by the foremost St. Louis architectural firm back in 1929, Maritz & Young. #mississippiriver #missourioutdoors #bigmuddy #missouriphotographer
I knew I had to take advantage of today's warm weather in a special way so I decided it was finally time to get back to paddling and try out the new kayak I got for my wife. My wife, however, was unconvinced that it was warm enough. And I'm like, "it was like 65 today, it'll be great!" But, alas, I ended up heading out to Ellis Bay/Riverlands on my own. ![]()
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Turns out, Ellis Bay was still, for some crazy reason, frozen solid. Apparently a week of single digit temperatures can't be undone by a couple warmish days. ![]()
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It wasn't a complete loss, I did manage to enjoy the sunset and snap a few (230) pics. I usually try to whittle down the pics to no more than 10 but I just couldn't do it with these. Also a couple videos in the comments... ![]()
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#missouriphotographer #mississippiriver #missourioutdoors #winterexplorations #altonillinois #birdphotography
I've been very inspired by the many other St. Louis-based outdoor explorers that I've found and friended through Facebook and Instagram to get out on these cold days. They can offer even more beauty and fascination than you'll ever find during "nice weather". ![]()
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Today's explorations took us to Don Robinson State Park. A quite new park to the fabulous Missouri State Park System and it is truly a gem. I went seeking cool icicles and frozen waterfalls. It certainly delivered. We ran out of time before we got to explore the full 4 mile trail so I'm sure I missed a lot of good stuff (but then, the short-cut trail had some great stuff too).