CONTENTS Volume 74 22 | OCTOBER 2021 | Number 10 38 54 12 Where the wild things are IN EVERY ISSUE Carving imagination to life with pumpkins 22 Cabinets on wheels HYK Outdoors campers reconnect you with nature 31 Pursuit of the paranormal St. Charles Ghost Tours give guests a glimpse into the past 34 Coming full circle Waterwheel Leather Co. builds leather goods a stitch at a time ON THE COVER 48 Missouri Snapshots Photo Contest 2021 Missouri State Parks & Rural Missouri contest rules 50 Tombstone tales Laura Huffman resurrects days of Waynesville past Mike Brown, owner of MB Creative Studio in Springfield, turns pumpkins into expressive 3D works of art. Find out more about Mike's unique carving hobby on page 12. MISSOURI RURAL OCTOBER 2021 | ruralmissouri.coop 4 Cooperation 5 Perspectives 8 Community 18 Neighbors 38 Eats 45 Recipes 54 Outdoors 56 Events 58 Just4Kids Cole's Hearth Room | HYK Outdoors | St. Charles Ghost Tours OCT21_COVER.indd 1 9/9/21 8:30 AM OCTOBER 2021 | RURALMISSOURI.COOP 3http://www.ruralmissouri.coop http://www.RURALMISSOURI.COOP