Despite its ever-present vastness along the Missouri-Illinois border, the Mississippi River is easy for locals to take for granted. And all too often, residents completely avoid the river.
It鈥檚 one thing to drive above it on a highway or eat a meal at a restaurant overlooking the water; relatively few actually travel its meandering length. But the people behind are aiming to change that, one canoe trip at a time.
On Tuesday鈥檚 St. Louis on the Air, host Sarah Fenske talked with the company鈥檚 founder and lead guide, Mike Clark, who is better known as 鈥淢uddy Mike.鈥� Also participating in the discussion was Roo Yawitz, general manager of Big Muddy Adventures.
Listeners also heard from some enthusiastic recent passengers.
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When: Various days (and nights!) and times
Where: Mississippi and Missouri rivers
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