En Plein Air
Artist Lee Copen takes her studio outdoors STORY AND PHOTOS by Jim McCarty On a beautiful summer day, Lee Copen sets up her easel and watercolor paints next to the iconic Alley Spring Mill. She ignores the obvious red mill — one of the most photographed and painted structures in Missouri — and instead turns her attention to the back porch of the mill. Here water pours from Alley Spring, forming...
An Outdoor Education
Author John Stanard shares childhood memories of his youth at Wappapello Lake STORY AND PHOTOS by Jim McCarty If you are a child today, chances are you were robbed of an outdoors education. The culprit is the TV set and any kind of device with a screen designed to...
Adventures for Heroes
B4 Outdoors uses hunting, fishing and fellowship to give back to those who serve others Story and Photos by Sara Schafer The sun pierces the rolling timber of northeast Missouri, as Matthew Burke and Kevin Rhodes sit shoulder to shoulder inside a turkey blind. The...
On the Rocks
A cliffside climbing course in Missouri state parks STORY AND PHOTOS by Ricki Spargo Tucked deep in the St. Francois Mountains, Johnson’s Shut-Ins State Park is best known for its rushing water and smooth pink rhyolite. On hot summer days, it’s packed with Missourians...