When Don Sorensen heard that "The Mountaineer" wanted him to tell some Fourth of July stories, he brought in a picture of him when he was probably around 8 years old. Don thinks the picture was probably taken around 1953.
Anyway, in the picture is Don, attired in clothes too big for him. Beside him is a big Dutch oven smoking away and behind him is the river that he loves so much.
Not much has changed except these days Don's Clothes fit better. He is teaching Dutch oven cooking on the river at the Virgelle Merc where he has a bed and breakfast on a meadow overlooking the Missouri.
Being on the...