Today’s first order of business: Fess up to a mess up and make amends.

The crossword on the front cover of April’s Traveler is missing some boxes. I found this out when I walked into Holliday Landing’s office at Wappapello Lake and found that owner Rod Howard had written answers off the edges of the puzzle. After taking a good natured beating, I figured out what happened.

Charlie Slovensky created the puzzle in Microsoft Excel. When I converted the Excel file to a PDF to export it into Traveler’s cover layout, I set the print area too small, dropping off two rows of boxes down the right side and one row across the bottom. My bad. (more…)

By Emery Styron
Traveler Editor
If you enjoy Traveler, there’s a good chance you’d find Don Corrigan’s book, Show Me…Natural Wonders, a satisfying read.

Corrigan, a veteran St. Louis journalist and college professor, has the same kind of appreciation for the region’s natural environment that we often encounter in Traveler readers. But he has ranged much further and wider than Traveler Country in penning this 217-page volume, subtitled “A Guide to the Scenic Treasures of the Missouri Region.” (more…)