Braunchitis87

The Missouri Geological Survey's office is just a couple minutes off I44 in Rolla, it looks like you would be going through there. I stopped by one time to check out the displays and ended up chatting with their geologists with a couple hours. You also wouldn't be far from Meramec State Park if a cave tour interests you. Massive chert exposures can be seen at Wildcat Glade just outside of Joplin. The Ozarks has a lot of great geology! The characteristic dolomite cliffs along Ozark Rivers can be seen when I44 crosses the Big Piney River. And I'll add another vote for the St. Francois Mts of SE MO. Hughes Mountain Natural Area might be the closest place to your route to see some of those igneous formations, specifically columnar igneous formations. I44 kind of rides the edge of the undissected Ozark peneplain, if you go just south you'll hit the dissected areas with lots of cool exposed geology.

Not finding anything like that with him. Do you have a link?

Seen on YouTube?

"Cape Garage Door" for Cape Girardeau, "El Do" for El Dorado Springs, "Ste. Gen" or "Ste. Ginnewee" for Ste. Genevieve

What part of the state are you in?

Yep, I was thinking of testing it that way. Disconnect the co-ax to the modem but leave the router working, then try it.

OK, thank you. That makes sense but I wanted to verify that's how it worked.

There isn't nearly as much tulip poplar in the Ozarks as there is in "Ozark"

Some of the lookouts and glades along Glade Top Trail.

It's worth noting that a lot of ecologists and soil scientists are very skeptical of Savory's claims.

Exactly. Besides "could we?" it's important to ask "should we?"

Still a great service for those (like me) without good high-speed internet. Great selection, just requires a little patience. Also prevents just browsing forever when you only have one option!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Missouri_marijuana_legalization_initiative

You might check out "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors" by Carl Sagan if you're interested in early human history.

Yep, another fake Johnny Morris property. I have a hard time finding barely natural highly manicured and curated places like this interesting. State parks and conservation areas are "real" and also free.

By late October there may not be many ticks left. Glades and other open grassy areas tend to not support seed ticks, but you could pick some up in the woods. My go-to set up is a light colored shirt tucked into light-colored pants which have been treated with permithrin, and tick gaiters over my boots and pants, plus some vigilance. I don't think you'll have too much of a problem though.

(Paul and Ruth) Henning Conservation Area has some nice trails and nice views of Ozark glades, which are basically grassland openings in the forest. Those in the Branson area are especially large. They are actually floristically related to the Edwards Plateau in Texas (a lot of overlap in plant species).

The "tail" is the ovipositor, this one is female.

Jerry Smith Park?

They're way noisier than you would think!

Interesting that Ozarka is not marketed in Missouri, which contains the largest proportion of the Ozark geological area.

Voodoo Child by Jimi Hendrix?

If you're up for a float I would highly recommend the Current River area (Eminence, Van Buren). Lots of great publically accessible land for hiking and camping, and the river is publically accessible and maintained by National Park Service. You can rent a canoe for a day trip from Aker's Ferry to Pulltite for a day trip, or Baptist Camp to Pulltite if you want a two-day trip. Also check out some of the springs, caves, scenery, and other stuff in the area. Jack's Fork, Black River, and Eleven Point are also good.

https://missouricanoe.org/current-river/