Season is Now in Full Swing

Busy as bees has a true ring around here recently.  Summer has definitely arrived.  Everywhere you turn you hear birds chirping, boats buzzing and frogs croaking in the evening.

 

People never seem to surprise us by their kindness.  After a particularly hard week, one couple who rode their Harley down our gravel road gifted us with a wine glass from our local dealer. Now, I can enjoy a bigger glass of wine!  Thanks to our many guests who make this endeavor nice. 

 

 



It's Almost Here!

 

The beautiful weather is almost here.  The grandies want to run barefoot in the grass - take their shirts off, play ball and go fishing!

However, weekend after weekend we see the promise of warm air, only to have it be replaced with clouds, rain and even snow.  It's supposed to be spring!  According to the Redbud and the Dogwood trees it's spring.  According to the white perch (crappie) it is spring.  At least that's what the Crappieking tells me, "caught my limit." But the wind in the air is the true indicator for me.  I can get by with cold temps, due to hot flash heater working overtime, but if the wind is blowing - forget it.  Snow in May, how crazy is that, but then again - this is Missouri!



March

Where else can you stay at the cabins and enjoy three seasons in one weekend at Lake of the Ozarks?  You can if you come in March.  We have a couple that stays the same weekend every year for their anniversary.  Friday was shorts weather, Saturday was put your raincoat on day, and Sunday morning is a beautiful, white snow!  You have to love March!

Prefishing for a tournament




 

Birthday Season

Right after Christmas, birthday season arrives at our house! It starts with our youngest grandson, Will. A week later it's one to be forgotten - mine! Two weeks later it's our oldest daughter - Nicci. A week later's it's the Crappie King's - another to be forgotten. And on the last day of February it's another grandson - Luke's bday. It's good to be Aquarian!

     One might think there is very little to do at the lake in the winter months, but throw that cold thought out the door.  Today, after a huge biscuit and gravy breakfast, we headed out the door with all the grandies.  Eagle Days at the Lake is in its' fifth season. Last year we caught the Eagles seminar at Osage National Golf Resort.
This year we headed to Osage Heritage School for the Owl seminar.  It was totally cool; the grandies and the adults gave it two thumbs up - something hard to do with so many different ages in our herd! Grandpa mentioned that in order to do every venue offered for Eagles Day it would take two days. I think we'll just keep doing it one chunk at a time!

Screech Owl

Grandie observation
 

Barred Owl



Great Horned Owl

Crappieking's baby sister holding our only girlie grandie!
 

The holidays are upon us. Twelve of us took a trip to Dallas over Thanksgiving to visit with the CrappieKing's baby sister.  We looked a bit like a caravan toodling down the hwy.  The grandies look forward to the fact that it is still warm enough to swim in a pool in TX vs MO. When you're a kid, there's nothing like eating your turkey and swimming it off all afternoon with your cousins.
Life is good!






Heated pools are the greatest!



 

Let's Play Tourist



Sunday morning we filled our bellies with biscuits and gravy, jumped in the truck and headed to the other side of the lake to:  Ha Ha Tonka state park.



Rules for fishing

It had been years since we went with the girl scouts. Now, our girl scouts have little scouts of their own! I'm not sure how that happened so fast!  There are many things to see when visiting, plus breath taking views of the castle,

Picture perfect



the spring, and lake below. The little scouts were quite excited to see a muskrat on a log in the water, while the rest of us tried to think of that old song from 1976, by Captain and Tenille, "Muskrat Love." The bigger scouts became enthused upon seeing some large trout suspended in the clear water.    



How to catch trout



Trout hangout





If you get a chance to visit us here at the lake, take a day to wander at

Ha Ha Tonka.  You won't regret it.





photo Op



View from above at the castle