I really enjoyed going up in the Statue of Liberty - it made me think of how my grandparents must have felt seeing it for the first time. It is still a special place to me! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

Hey PK...my only Missouri story:

Well, it was my first spring break in college, circa '95. Being the outdoor enthusiast...my friend and I decided to drive to Springfield and visit the Bass Pro HQ <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> Drove over 12 hours straight....got pulled over by a Highway Patrol for swerving (I was tired), got offered my first Moonshine at a little rest stop....but we had a great time at Bass Pro the next day! It was awesome <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

I have been to Bass Pro MANY times, and it is a neat store. Lots of tourists though! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Where bouts are you located Skunk? What part of Missouri are you in, PK? I'm not really familiar with the geography of the state....is it flat to the East...Mississippi River?

We have our own now...as well as Cabelas. However, back in '95 we didn't have such luxuries <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> Bass Pro was just a magazine to us, and what we had seen in hunting magazines <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

Ish - I'm in the S/W part of the state. I tell folks to follow I-44 from Springfield to Joplin, take the middle spot in-between, and go North the same distance. Using a map, it just about puts you on our property. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

ahhh, so you are in the Ozarks? I have such great memories of those mountains in NW Arkansas.

Ish, the southeast part of the state. do a search for Mingo National Wildlife Refuge. We're within an hours driving distance of that. As for as geography, just rolling hills, farm country.

Or do the Ozarks kindof curl to the East? I forget...

We are actually somewhat on the edge --- not too much farther west and the land starts to flatten out. Kansas isn't that far away.

I think the Ozarks kind of bear off the east and north somewhat don't they Tom.

Randy is in what most people think of the Ozarks - rolling hills and forests. Pretty country there. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />