Saturday, June 4, 2011
Cheri and Gay June-3-11
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We are doing a little exploring around Osage Beach today. The temperature is in the mid 70’s and it is beautiful riding.
We rode about 14 miles to the small town of Camdenton, to what else but a QUILT SHOP! It was called Fabrics & Friends. I made quite a few purchases in there. It was a neat shop. Even Gay enjoyed it.
I pulled an advertisement out of one of the books I picked up for a place called “We are Bazaar”. You should have seen the decorative fans inside the bodies of tin animals. We will be going back there before we leave.
We climbed back on the bike and headed for Ha Ha Tonka State Park. In the early 1900’s Robert Snyder purchased 5000 acres there. He started to build a European style castle there and not long after he began this project he was killed in an auto accident. His sons ended up finishing the castle. In 1942 it was all destroyed by a fire. The state of Missouri purchased the estate in 1978 and opened it as a State Park. People can now tour the castle ruins and tour the grounds on their many hiking trails.
There was also an eighty foot water tower built on the estate. You could walk around that structure also.
We rode down to the natural bridge formation and hiked down to explore that also.
It was time for lunch so we made a quick stop at Dairy Queen for a burger and shake.
We went north of Camdenton to Thunder Mountain Conservation Area. There we climbed an 80 ft fire tower. We certainly got a bird’s eye view of all the surrounding area. The wind was blowing really hard up there and it was so much cooler than down on the ground. We went up 90 steps, which took us to within 3 flights of stairs from the top. They had those last flights blocked off so no one could go to the very top. That’s ok, we could still see forever! It was much easier going down, then going up!
We saw a new Harley Shop on the way back home, so we pulled in and yes Bud, Gay bought a shirt.
It was 94 degrees when we got back to the 5th wheel. We needed something to drink and a chance to cool down a bit.
Pam called at 3:15pm and we will be meeting them at 6:30pm for dinner at JB HOOKS. It’s right on the water. We sat out on the deck and what a view up and down the lake.
(Gay Here) After Dinner we went over to where Pam & Mike and their Grandson Mason are staying, so we would know how to get there. Then they took us for a ride around the area until it got dark and then back to their place to visit for a while and make plans for tomorrow.
It was near 10:00 pm when we got home and put on 72 miles on the motorcycle in our travels today.
I wasn’t feeling very good when we got home in fact I was having some pain while we were with Mike and Pam. Yep it turned out to be another kidney stone. I took my pain pill and weathered the storm. I finally got to feeling better around midnight and headed for bed. I got up at 2:30 am unable to sleep, so figured as long as I am up I might as well finish the blog for the day.
I took some additional pictures this evening at JB Hooks so here they are.
Gay has uploaded pictures of the day click here http://picasaweb.google.com/sharpstravels then click on the album Ha Ha Tonka State Park, Thunder mountain fire tower.
We rode about 14 miles to the small town of Camdenton, to what else but a QUILT SHOP! It was called Fabrics & Friends. I made quite a few purchases in there. It was a neat shop. Even Gay enjoyed it.
I pulled an advertisement out of one of the books I picked up for a place called “We are Bazaar”. You should have seen the decorative fans inside the bodies of tin animals. We will be going back there before we leave.
We climbed back on the bike and headed for Ha Ha Tonka State Park. In the early 1900’s Robert Snyder purchased 5000 acres there. He started to build a European style castle there and not long after he began this project he was killed in an auto accident. His sons ended up finishing the castle. In 1942 it was all destroyed by a fire. The state of Missouri purchased the estate in 1978 and opened it as a State Park. People can now tour the castle ruins and tour the grounds on their many hiking trails.
There was also an eighty foot water tower built on the estate. You could walk around that structure also.
We rode down to the natural bridge formation and hiked down to explore that also.
It was time for lunch so we made a quick stop at Dairy Queen for a burger and shake.
We went north of Camdenton to Thunder Mountain Conservation Area. There we climbed an 80 ft fire tower. We certainly got a bird’s eye view of all the surrounding area. The wind was blowing really hard up there and it was so much cooler than down on the ground. We went up 90 steps, which took us to within 3 flights of stairs from the top. They had those last flights blocked off so no one could go to the very top. That’s ok, we could still see forever! It was much easier going down, then going up!
We saw a new Harley Shop on the way back home, so we pulled in and yes Bud, Gay bought a shirt.
It was 94 degrees when we got back to the 5th wheel. We needed something to drink and a chance to cool down a bit.
Pam called at 3:15pm and we will be meeting them at 6:30pm for dinner at JB HOOKS. It’s right on the water. We sat out on the deck and what a view up and down the lake.
(Gay Here) After Dinner we went over to where Pam & Mike and their Grandson Mason are staying, so we would know how to get there. Then they took us for a ride around the area until it got dark and then back to their place to visit for a while and make plans for tomorrow.
It was near 10:00 pm when we got home and put on 72 miles on the motorcycle in our travels today.
I wasn’t feeling very good when we got home in fact I was having some pain while we were with Mike and Pam. Yep it turned out to be another kidney stone. I took my pain pill and weathered the storm. I finally got to feeling better around midnight and headed for bed. I got up at 2:30 am unable to sleep, so figured as long as I am up I might as well finish the blog for the day.
I took some additional pictures this evening at JB Hooks so here they are.
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| Cheri, Gay, Pam, Mason, Mike |
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| Flowers out side of JB Hooks |
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| Flowers out side of JB Hooks |
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| Flowers out side of JB Hooks |
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| Flowers out side of JB Hooks |
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| Flowers out side of JB Hooks |
Gay has uploaded pictures of the day click here http://picasaweb.google.com/sharpstravels then click on the album Ha Ha Tonka State Park, Thunder mountain fire tower.
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