A local United States Marine Corp Iraq veteran wrote the story of her epic journey, traveling the entirety of the Missouri River, in a new book ‘Digging Deeper.’
Amanda Hoenes, a 1999 Branson High School graduate, took off on the solo canoe paddling adventure to travel the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers on July 11, 2021, just north of the Missouri River Headwaters. The trip was something she planned for and wanted to do to push herself to learn to dig deeper.


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