Marine vet views beauty of St. Joe from Missouri River during grueling canoe trip
Amanda Hoenes makes a stop in Jefferson City, across from the Missouri Capitol/Photo used by permission By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostA Marine veteran viewed St. Joseph from the Missouri River as she paddled the 3,300 miles from the headwaters of the Missouri to the Gulf of Mexico.Amanda Hoenes of Branson wrote about the adventure in her book: Digging Deeper: USMC Veteran Solo Paddles the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers.Hoenes says the trip took her by St. Joseph as the trees began to turn colors."Just the beauty was such a surprise and St. Joe in particular," Hoenes tells KFEQ/St. J...