In today’s email from Missouri DNR, Lorisa Smith provides a number of “green-friendly” ways to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in Missouri. Whether or not you celebrate on this Saturday, on March 17, or not at all, this idea caught Traveler’s eye:

…”And for those who aren’t able to travel to the Emerald Isle to visit the legendary Blarney Stone, Missouri offers plenty of interesting rocks and geologic formations as well. Tower Rock, located just outside of Wittenberg in Perry County, is an erosional remnant from shifts of the Mississippi River channel, and like the Blarney Stone, it is composed of limestone. In fact, though Missouri limestone may not give the gift of gab, it contributes more than $1 billion to Missouri’s economy.”Most times of the year, Tower Rock is accessible only by boat. And for the thought of planting a big wet kiss on a rock tasting of mud, carp and catfish with the hope of becoming more loquacious and deft of speech– well, only one word comes to mind: Blech! *|:-)

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