Going kayaking with friends or family is such a great sport to learn and to enjoy. It’s loaded with lots of fun and laughter when you know how to transport your equipment and keep it safe on your float trip. Kayaking 101: Safety In Transporting and Trailering Some of the most important items are how…
NOTE: This is a special guest post from FloatMissouri Facebook fan Cari. If you’d like to submit an article like hers, click here. I spent so much time outdoors as a child; camping, floating, hiking, swimming, and more! I knew that when I had children, I wanted them to have the same fun enriching experiences that I…
Float Tubes: Fly Fishing at its Best Many anglers search for the perfect spot away from others to hike and then fly fish for the big ones. Float tubes have many advantages for fly-fishing. 5 Best Float Fishing Tubes Float fishing tubes have a lot of advantages over fishing boats or kayaks. They are lightweight,…
Don’t Wait Until You Are Camping to Get a Backpack That Works Best for You The best advice you can get for choosing a camping backpack is to choose one ahead of starting out in the great outdoors for your trip. It needs to be the right size, fit and form in order to work…
If you hear the river calling your name even though it is cold outside, then you may consider yourself a hardcore floater. The old boy scout saying, “Always be prepared” is definitely something you need to remember when floating in colder climates. Remember these things before your next cold water float.
This might be one of the coolest nature videos we’ve ever seen. And it’s from right here in Missouri!
The Farmer’s Almanac has been in existence since 1457, according to historians. It is a publication that advises the best times to plant garden items and the best times to harvest your crops. Many successful farmers today still enlist the help of this journal, which also revolves around the moon phases each month. The scientific…
Missouri has a few restrictions when you are setting out on a phenomenal float trip down one of the many streams and rivers with friends, family or that one special person in your life. Glass containers and bottles of any type or size are not permitted near or on waterways in Missouri. In addition, you…
Kayaks date back to about 4,000 years ago where the Inuits in the Artic regions of Canada, Alaska and Greenland made this mode of transportation to hunt on inland islands. The first kayaks were made of sealskins that were stitched over whalebone frames with air filled seal bladders in the front and rear to give…
Love to go hiking, but do not have a pack mule to bring a four course meal? Packing hiking friendly foods for a long hike does not have to break your back in the process. Snacks for a day hike need to be lightweight, as your backpack seems to get heavier the farther you hike.…