I just wanted to publish a quick post about the tragedy that took place on Table Rock Lake on Thursday night. An amphibious "Ride the Ducks" vehicle was caught in a storm and did not make it back to shore. The last figures I saw were that 17 people perished during this accident (nine of which were of the same family). I have rode the "Ducks" when my children were young and it's hard to imagine losing a loved one in such an accident. For the past several years I have worked with online and traditional printed publications as a free-lance author. One of those publications is a weekly online magazine entitled "State of the Ozarks" , based out of Hollister, Missouri. I live in the Eastern Ozark foothills of Southeast Missouri and SOTO has been a tremendous help in trying to promote the lesser known Eastern Ozarks where I live. The magazine's editor Joshua Heston can only be described as having a heart of gold. He is a good man and a good friend. ...