Lake of the Ozarks
When we left Mike and the trout fishing adventure, we made a beeline to Kansas City, Missouri which is our last stop in the USA before flying to LA and then home to Brisbane. We are no longer in tourist mode but are thinking of all the last minute things we need to do before we put the RV into storage, so Murray didn't check out Dick & Jan's drive book.
Consequently we came across the beautiful area around the Lake of the Ozarks quite by mistake. The Lake is half way between St Louis and Kansas City and south of the main interstate. The reservoir and lake there is massive and at the time it was completed in 1931 it was the largest man-made lake in the world. It is now the Midwest’s premier lake vacation destination and attracts 3 million visitors each year. It boasts world-class boating, golfing, shopping & fishing. The area also has some amazing caves/caverns and also some wineries. When we checked into our Hava Space campground which happened to be close to a marina on the Lake, the managers’ offered to take us on their pontoon and cruise the lake, but we graciously declined as we were on a different agenda now – washing, cleaning and clearing out drawers and cupboards. We had no sooner connected up at our site when the manager, Suzanne, arrived at our door with two slices of freshly baked pie – one slice each of apple and cherry. We had them with a scoop of icecream after our dinner which Suzanne also provided (she had made a huge pot of chicken and pasta casserole and shared it with us) – both delicious. It would be a lovely area to return to on a future trip. I took a photo of the lake as we drove over a bridge, but it was overcast and the photo did not do it justice. The website of the campground we stayed at had a good photo on it, so I have borrowed theirs and included their weblink so hopefully some future travelers will remember this blog entry and visit their campground!
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