KANSAS CITY, Mo. (MCT) - When Dan Guyer climbed into his duck blind at Smithville Lake early Saturday morning, he took time to pay his respects to his late father.
And what better place to do it?
"Before dad passed away in 1990, he gave us a choice," Guyer said as he prepared to open the 2008 Missouri duck season. "He said we could visit him at the cemetery or when we went duck hunting.
"He was so attached to the hunting here at Smithville, this is where he wanted to have his ashes scattered."
Guyer remembers many good times with his father, David, when Smithville was still in its infancy. The newly flooded timber and vegetation were thick...