Hi! We are on 20 acres of pasture near Silex, MO, which is a little north of Troy. St. Louis is about 75 miles southeast of us. Mark Twain's boyhood home in Hannibal is about 50 miles north of us. Been a Missouri Mule my whole life; been many places and I love it here. I would have a hard time getting used to a place where it wasn't so lush and green, with our beautiful rolling hills, river bluffs and deep forests. It's awful humid in the summer, but we are so blessed to not have to worry about rampant forest fires, either, so I think that's an acceptable trade-off. Hi to all my Missouri neighbors! Aren't we lucky?