On June 28, we made a quick camping trip to Lake of the Ozarks State Park. This park is just far enough away from us that I would rather have made the trip on a three-day weekend, but because we were going for an extended-family picnic, we did it on a regular weekend.
This park is very large. Once inside the park entrance, we drove a full five miles before we reached the campground. It's a beautiful park, and we'd like to return sometime to enjoy it more.
The only drawback to our visit was that our site was very un-level. We made it work, but the tail end of the RV was in the air and a little wobbly, which gave me a little bit of motion sickness. I just tried to avoid being inside as much as I could.
Our family picnic was not here, but at Ha Ha Tonka State Park, about 25 miles away. Ha Ha Tonka has no campground, but it has some very pretty and interesting ruins of a castle-like mansion, as well as hiking trails, a naturally-formed bridge, swimming, etc.
Both parks are located on the Lake of the Ozarks, which is a resort area with lots of restaurants, boutique shops and amusements. We enjoyed time at an arcade (or as Kat calls it, a "kids' casino"), and played a round of mini-golf.
As happens most times we camp, it rained. After we finished our game of golf, we barely made it into the truck before the downpour. It rained throughout the evening, but that didn't keep us from enjoying our evening by the fire...intermittently.
Parked at Lake of the Ozarks State Park
near Osage Beach, MO
June 28-30, 2013
