Saturday, June 11, 2011
Cheri June-10-11
11:06 AM | 
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We were up and ready to go to Stewart’s Restaurant down on the Bagnell Dam strip by 8:30am. That is the home of the famous huge Cinnamon Roll. We ordered one of those to share. It put us on a sugar high for the morning.
While we were sitting there in the restaurant, Gay saw a deer run across the road right there in town!
We needed to revisit the Willmore Lodge Museum at the dam. We didn’t have our camera with us the first time.
The logs for the Lodge were cut and assembled into a lodge in Oregon, before being shipped to Missouri. Once the lodge was inspected, it was dismantled, numbered and transported by train to its present site. It was built in 3 months in 1930 at a total cost of $135,000 and used by the Union Electric Co as an administrative & entertainment center. Its 29 rooms are held together by wooden pegs. It now houses the museum of the history of this area and the building of the dam. There is a beautiful view of the lake from the big picture window in the main room.
We then revisited the Bagnell Dam overlook. The Dam project created a man-made lake with a shoreline rivaling that of Lake Michigan’s in length and spawned a new economy of tourism in Central Missouri. Bagnell Dam was the largest and last major dam in America built entirely with private capitol with a final price of $30 million. It took 2 years to complete.
We took a drive down by the base of the dam. It was quite impressive. You could see all the fish hook and lines snagged on the wires by the dam.
We stopped at Wal-Mart to fuel up and headed back home to throw the sheets in the washing machine and then were on our way again.
We were in search of another swinging bridge. We turned on a dirt road, went a total of 8 miles, but didn’t find the bridge. We did see another deer that jumped out into the road ahead of us and almost had a head on crash with a road grader coming at us around a corner on our side of the road. That was scary! It made a mess of the roads and made it hard to maneuver the bike on the gravel roads.
We got back on Hwy 42 and tried again but NO BRIDGE ROAD. No more swinging bridges for us!
We decided to try a BBQ place called Woobly Boots for dinner. Gay loves BBQ ribs and we had skipped lunch saving ourselves for those ribs and pulled pork meals.
Gay has uploaded pictures of the day, click here http://picasaweb.google.com/sharpstravelsthen click on the album you want to look at, there is two new albums for today: Bagnell Dam and Museum, Lake of the Ozarks car show.
While we were sitting there in the restaurant, Gay saw a deer run across the road right there in town!
We needed to revisit the Willmore Lodge Museum at the dam. We didn’t have our camera with us the first time.
The logs for the Lodge were cut and assembled into a lodge in Oregon, before being shipped to Missouri. Once the lodge was inspected, it was dismantled, numbered and transported by train to its present site. It was built in 3 months in 1930 at a total cost of $135,000 and used by the Union Electric Co as an administrative & entertainment center. Its 29 rooms are held together by wooden pegs. It now houses the museum of the history of this area and the building of the dam. There is a beautiful view of the lake from the big picture window in the main room.
We then revisited the Bagnell Dam overlook. The Dam project created a man-made lake with a shoreline rivaling that of Lake Michigan’s in length and spawned a new economy of tourism in Central Missouri. Bagnell Dam was the largest and last major dam in America built entirely with private capitol with a final price of $30 million. It took 2 years to complete.
We took a drive down by the base of the dam. It was quite impressive. You could see all the fish hook and lines snagged on the wires by the dam.
We stopped at Wal-Mart to fuel up and headed back home to throw the sheets in the washing machine and then were on our way again.
We were in search of another swinging bridge. We turned on a dirt road, went a total of 8 miles, but didn’t find the bridge. We did see another deer that jumped out into the road ahead of us and almost had a head on crash with a road grader coming at us around a corner on our side of the road. That was scary! It made a mess of the roads and made it hard to maneuver the bike on the gravel roads.
We got back on Hwy 42 and tried again but NO BRIDGE ROAD. No more swinging bridges for us!
We decided to try a BBQ place called Woobly Boots for dinner. Gay loves BBQ ribs and we had skipped lunch saving ourselves for those ribs and pulled pork meals.
What a disappointment. Gay’s ribs were tuff and tasted like they had been lying around for a while. My pulled pork had no flavor and very little sauce. We had baked beans for a side and I could only eat half of mine. This restaurant is definitely off our list.
The Bagnell Dam Strip car show started at 6pm. We made our way there, found a parking place and were off looking at the cars. Most were parked in the center lane of the highway and the rest along the side of the road.
We had a favorite of the bunch of course. It was a little 1934-35 Chevy truck. They were 75 cars in all. 20 of them were corvettes.
We took a break at Grandpa’s Ice Cream Shop and had ice cream. It was another disappointment. The ice cream had no flavor.
The clouds were gathering and they had predicted rain for some time tonight so we headed home.
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| WOW!!!! |
Friday, June 10, 2011
Gay June 9-11
8:11 AM |
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It was another warm day with a high of 94 degrees, in fact it has been 92 degrees or higher the last seven days we have been here. I am not complaining because I don’t like the cold weather, although it does make for a hot motorcycle ride. We didn’t do a motorcycle ride today, I think it is the first day that we haven’t taken a ride since we have been here. This morning Cheri did her cleaning and laundry and I did my outside work. Mike and Pam picked us up at 11:30 am and we headed down to On the Rise Bakery and Wood-Fired Bistro for lunch. Wow! What a super meal along with homemade potato chips which I couldn’t seem to get enough of. On the way back to our place Pam and Cheri saw a couple of stores that they needed to check out. Mike and I checked out the chairs and visited while they shopped. When we got back to our place we play a game of Hand and Foot which Mike and I won. In Missouri you don’t want to mess with Mike and me when it comes to playing Hand and Foot as we are the champions. See I have to blow our horn as nobody else will. It has been a fun week spending a lot of our time with Mike and Pam. Thanks so much for showing us around Osage Beach. They are leaving in the morning and was hard to say goodbye to them. We sure are going to miss them and won’t see them again until November. The rest of the evening was spent watching some TV.
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| Mike - Pam - Cheri - Gay |
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Cheri June-8-11
10:30 AM |
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It is another beautiful day. We left about 9:30am on the motorcycle and headed to Camdenton. There is a quilt shop there we missed the other day. It is 5 miles south of Camdenton and we had to go back onto another dirt road. It was located in a personal residence. It was a nice little shop. I bought a kit to do a throw. It was fun looking around in there. Gay took some pictures of a few quilts hanging on the walls to use as reference when I make the floating box quilt.
We stopped at DQ for a quick hamburger & shake for lunch and then headed for Bridal Cave. It was not far from where we were. It was $13 for the 1 hour tour. It is a steady 60 degrees in there.
Among the attractions in this cave are the Bridal Chapel, (they had 71 weddings in the cave in one day), and the Mystery Lake. The cave is rated as one of the most scenic caves in America.
We squeezed through small openings and walked through low 4 ft tunnels. It was an amazing tour.
On the way back to the 5th wheel we stopped at Wal-Mart to pick up a few items and then Gay dropped me off at the quilt shop near the campground. I was able to find a sewing machine foot I have been looking for and 1 yard of material I found interesting looking to use in some future project.
We showered and changed to get ready to meet Pam, Mike, Jenny & Mason at El Jimador, a Mexican restaurant on Hwy 54. The food was good and it had a very nice atmosphere.
We purchased tickets for the country & western show at the Main Street Music Hall, so we made our way over there and walked around in the shops till show time.
Once again, the show was good. They did neat impressions of famous singers, the comedy skits kept us laughing and all the singers had great voices.
We got home by 10:15pm and were ready for bed.
For pictures of the day click here http://picasaweb.google.com/sharpstravels then click on the album: Bridal Cave
We stopped at DQ for a quick hamburger & shake for lunch and then headed for Bridal Cave. It was not far from where we were. It was $13 for the 1 hour tour. It is a steady 60 degrees in there.
Among the attractions in this cave are the Bridal Chapel, (they had 71 weddings in the cave in one day), and the Mystery Lake. The cave is rated as one of the most scenic caves in America.
We squeezed through small openings and walked through low 4 ft tunnels. It was an amazing tour.
On the way back to the 5th wheel we stopped at Wal-Mart to pick up a few items and then Gay dropped me off at the quilt shop near the campground. I was able to find a sewing machine foot I have been looking for and 1 yard of material I found interesting looking to use in some future project.
We showered and changed to get ready to meet Pam, Mike, Jenny & Mason at El Jimador, a Mexican restaurant on Hwy 54. The food was good and it had a very nice atmosphere.
We purchased tickets for the country & western show at the Main Street Music Hall, so we made our way over there and walked around in the shops till show time.
Once again, the show was good. They did neat impressions of famous singers, the comedy skits kept us laughing and all the singers had great voices.
We got home by 10:15pm and were ready for bed.
For pictures of the day click here http://picasaweb.google.com/sharpstravels then click on the album: Bridal Cave
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Cheri June-7-11
10:18 AM |
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We decided to do a little bike riding today. Our first stop was a shop called Evergreen. It had lots of home décor and artificial flowers and greenery. Things were so closely packed it was hard to take it all in. Gay found the men’s lounge in the back and waited for me to check it all out. I didn’t buy anything and Gay thought that was a “GOOD THING”.
There was a write up about a swinging bridge in one of the magazines I’d picked up so we went in search of it.
We got out on the back roads, the scenery was beautiful, but no swinging bridge. We ended up in the town of Richland. There is a cave restaurant there we had visited back in 1986-87, so we decided to check it out again. We had to travel about 2 ½ miles back in on a dirt road. They pick you up in their parking lot and drive you back up to the stairs or elevator you take up to the entrance of the cave. They are under new management now and are trying to make improvements on the property. The restaurant needs lots of work and our food was not good at all. All in all, we were very disappointed. We talked about bringing our friends here, but are so glad we decided against it. We know we will not have to come back here again.
We are still in search of that swinging bridge. The temperature has climbed to 94 degrees and the heat is getting to me. We stopped for water at a gas station and she told us where the bridge was located. It was another dirt road. The bridge was 1 mile back in on the road. We were expecting a walking bridge but it was a big bridge for cars. The bridge’s design was neat. That’s about all I can say about it!
We got back to the 5th wheel at 2:30pm. We rested up, showed and changed. We met Pam, Mike, Jenny & Mason and headed to Coconuts Caribbean Beach Bar & Grill for dinner. It’s an outside tiki style restaurant on the lake. It has a swim-up pool bar & beach. It has lots of palm trees that made you think you were actually in the Caribbean Islands. The food was excellent. This was a great choice.
We headed back to Pam and Mike’s to play a few games of SOB. By 10pm it was time to go back to the 5th wheel.
For the pictures of the day click on http://picasaweb.google.com/sharpstravels and then click on the album: Cave Restaurant and Suspension bridge
There was a write up about a swinging bridge in one of the magazines I’d picked up so we went in search of it.
We got out on the back roads, the scenery was beautiful, but no swinging bridge. We ended up in the town of Richland. There is a cave restaurant there we had visited back in 1986-87, so we decided to check it out again. We had to travel about 2 ½ miles back in on a dirt road. They pick you up in their parking lot and drive you back up to the stairs or elevator you take up to the entrance of the cave. They are under new management now and are trying to make improvements on the property. The restaurant needs lots of work and our food was not good at all. All in all, we were very disappointed. We talked about bringing our friends here, but are so glad we decided against it. We know we will not have to come back here again.
We are still in search of that swinging bridge. The temperature has climbed to 94 degrees and the heat is getting to me. We stopped for water at a gas station and she told us where the bridge was located. It was another dirt road. The bridge was 1 mile back in on the road. We were expecting a walking bridge but it was a big bridge for cars. The bridge’s design was neat. That’s about all I can say about it!
We got back to the 5th wheel at 2:30pm. We rested up, showed and changed. We met Pam, Mike, Jenny & Mason and headed to Coconuts Caribbean Beach Bar & Grill for dinner. It’s an outside tiki style restaurant on the lake. It has a swim-up pool bar & beach. It has lots of palm trees that made you think you were actually in the Caribbean Islands. The food was excellent. This was a great choice.
We headed back to Pam and Mike’s to play a few games of SOB. By 10pm it was time to go back to the 5th wheel.
For the pictures of the day click on http://picasaweb.google.com/sharpstravels and then click on the album: Cave Restaurant and Suspension bridge
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Cheri June-6-11
10:00 AM |
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We made a run to the grocery store after breakfast this morning to get supplies for our picnic tonight. Gay got the grill packed into the back of the truck and at noon we headed over to Pam & Mike’s. We all headed to H. Toads for lunch. It’s a restaurant right on the water. Our table was right by the window, with a great view of the lake. The food was delicious.
We spent a little time checking out the shops on the Bagnell Dam Strip and stopped in the famous fudge shop. Of course we had to buy some. It was so good!
After taking in a few more must see shops, we headed back to play a few cards games of Hand & Foot. The afternoon just flew by.
By 6:30pm we packed up our picnic items and headed for the lake. Gay got the grill going and cooked hot dogs and hamburgers. It was a great time.
We finished up the night by teaching Pam & Mike’s daughter Jenny, how to play SOB. We enjoyed the evening and by 10pm we had to head for home.
For pictures of the day click here http://picasaweb.google.com/sharpstravels than click on the album: Fun day with Pam, Mike, Jenny and Mason.
We spent a little time checking out the shops on the Bagnell Dam Strip and stopped in the famous fudge shop. Of course we had to buy some. It was so good!
After taking in a few more must see shops, we headed back to play a few cards games of Hand & Foot. The afternoon just flew by.
By 6:30pm we packed up our picnic items and headed for the lake. Gay got the grill going and cooked hot dogs and hamburgers. It was a great time.
We finished up the night by teaching Pam & Mike’s daughter Jenny, how to play SOB. We enjoyed the evening and by 10pm we had to head for home.
For pictures of the day click here http://picasaweb.google.com/sharpstravels than click on the album: Fun day with Pam, Mike, Jenny and Mason.
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