We've rounded up 10 scenic float trips in Missouri to take this summer. ... These two creeks flow nearly side-by-side in the same region before joining the larger Meramec River.

Today, float trips are typically done in a canoe or kayak. Heather Ramsey, left, smiles as she and volunteer JJ Heatherington get started with the float trip on the Niangua River Sept. 18, 2022 ...

There's plenty of float trips that don't involve it, but there are a lot that do, too. So that's an important part of it. Now, if you went on a float trip in 1925, it would have been a big deal.

Their efforts are published in a new book, "On The River: A History of the Ozarks Float Trip," published as part of the Ozarks Studies Institute Book Series. The book is available for purchase on ...