Arrow Rock day 2

So much to cover. We did the hiking stuff this morning. It rained last night so things were somewhat moist. After that we drove into Boonville for lunch. Arrow Rock is a ghost town on mondays so nothing was open. We did venture into the visitor center in Arrow Rock and we learned about Boone's Lick. In 1804, Daniel Boone discovered a salt spring flowing into the Missouri River. Salt was a hot commodity back then. Two of Daniel's brothers started a salt mining business at the spring. They had big iron pots and they would boil the water and collect the salt. They needed firewood, so they were forced to denude the surrounding forest for miles. That's what we do. Anyway, that lasted for several years until the spring became less saline and the operation became unprofitable. On a different note: you might have noticed that there have been some words highlighted in the text of the blog posts. Google is providing the option of additional information concerning something I have mentioned in the text of the blog. You can tap on those highlighted words and you will be taken to a source of additional information. Or not. We are in Kansas tomorrow.