One of the things about our move to Lake of the Ozarks that we're most looking forward to is the seemingly endless selection of fun places to eat. There are lots of cool places in the towns surrounding the lake, and many of them are right on the water, accessible by boat. Here are a few of the places we're looking forward to trying. Please remember that some of these are only open during the summer season.
Backwater Jack's 4341 Beach Dr. Osage Beach, MO 17.5 MM
Baxter's Lakeside Grille 2124 Bagnell Dam Blvd, Lake Ozark, MO
Bear Bottom Resort 5-36 Lake Road, Sunrise Beach, MO 38 MM Osage Arm
Bentley's Restaurant & Pub 3100 Bagnell Dam Blvd, Lake Ozark, MO
Bulldog's Beach House Lake Road 5-65 33MM
Cannon Smoked Saloon Highway 5 at Lake Road 5-39, Sunrise Beach, MO
Captain Ron's Lake Rd 5-50, Sunrise Beach, MO 35.5 MM Osage Arm
Coconuts Beach Bar & Grill 15208 Red Hollow Road, Gravois Mills, MO 6 MM Gravois Arm
Dog Days 1232 Jeffries Road, Osage Beach, MO 19 MM
The Fish and Co. 268 Wego Fish Lane, Camdendon, MO 3 MM Linn Creek
Franky & Louie's Bar & Grill Lynch Hollow Road, Hwy 5, Lake Road 5-41 10 MM
H. Toad's Bar & Grill 2359 Bittersweet Road, Lake Ozark, MO
The Jerk Shack 28364 Kettle Road, Gravois Mills, MO 5 MM Gravois Arm
Jolly Rogers Grub & Grog 28443 Polk Drive, Rocky Mount, MO 4.5 MM Gravois Arm
Larry's on the Lake Lake Road 5-89 (Pier 31 Road) 31 MM
Nautifish Rum Bar 1022 Nautica Road, Camdenton, MO
Pappa Chubby's 820 Serene Valley Drive, Sunrise Beach, MO 26 MM
Paradise Restaurant & Bar 430 Tropical Trail, Sunrise Beach, MO 24 MM
Ruthie D's Dining & Spirits 4466 Horseshoe Bend Parkway (HH)
Shady Gators Lazy Gator Point 7 MM
Shorty Pants Lounge & Marina 1680 Autumn Lane, Osage Beach, MO 21 MM
Topsider, Poop Deck & Tiki Bar 4877 Osage Beach Parkway (Hwy 54) Osage Beach MO
Saturday, August 16, 2014
Thursday, July 24, 2014
Funlake.com is Your Guide to Lake of the Ozarks
Another great resource for information about Lake of the Ozarks is Funlake.com which is run by the Lake of the Ozarks Convention Visitor's Bureau. There, you'll find all kinds of information about recreation and entertainment activities, places to stay and more. They also have a great vacation guide you can view online or have sent to your home. There is also information about relocating to the lake as well as information about local businesses and organizations, and the history of the lake itself.
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
Watching the Lake on MyLakeTV
Not long after my wife and I started researching Lake of the Ozarks, we discovered MyLakeTV, which is a great source for Lake of the Ozarks area news, weather and events information. I became a regular watcher of the weekly News Update feature, a quick look at what's happening in the surrounding communities. Their videos are also available on Youtube and on local TV for those living in the area on Charter Cable channel 197 and Co-Mo Connect channel 90.: C
Here's an episode from MyLakeTV's Life at the Lake series:
Love at First Sight
My wife and I have both lived in the same little desert oilfield town for most of our lives. She was born there, and my family moved there when I was two years old.
Like most kids in our hometown, we always dreamed of living somewhere else. Somewhere with more trees. Or water. Or more stuff to do.
She actually moved away from our little town for a few years when she was in her twenties, but moved back a few years before we met and married. I had always dreamed of moving to Austin, Texas and living where all of my favorite music was centered. She gave me a much better reason to stay where I was.
We settled into a new home and a routine of working our jobs and watching the years fly by. She owned a travel agency, so we spent every available vacation day traveling around the country and the world. We found some favorite places we returned to again and again, always having the "would you want to live here?" conversation about most destinations we visited. The only destinations that garnered a "yes" or "maybe" had one thing in common: water.
Whether it was the quaint little village of La Jolla, California or the rugged coastline of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, we gravitated toward water in our travels. But, all of our talk about moving to someplace by the water was mostly pipe-dream, with little serious consideration. Until we visited Lake of the Ozarks, in the heart of Missouri.
Since the lake was only an hour away from some family members, we booked a week in a condo there and invited them to join us. When we walked into the condo for the first time and saw its amazing lake views from several rooms and an expansive screened-in balcony, we both had the same reaction: Lake of the Ozarks was not only someplace we could see ourselves living, but it was a place we began to consider seriously as our next home.
Like most kids in our hometown, we always dreamed of living somewhere else. Somewhere with more trees. Or water. Or more stuff to do.
She actually moved away from our little town for a few years when she was in her twenties, but moved back a few years before we met and married. I had always dreamed of moving to Austin, Texas and living where all of my favorite music was centered. She gave me a much better reason to stay where I was.
We settled into a new home and a routine of working our jobs and watching the years fly by. She owned a travel agency, so we spent every available vacation day traveling around the country and the world. We found some favorite places we returned to again and again, always having the "would you want to live here?" conversation about most destinations we visited. The only destinations that garnered a "yes" or "maybe" had one thing in common: water.
Whether it was the quaint little village of La Jolla, California or the rugged coastline of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, we gravitated toward water in our travels. But, all of our talk about moving to someplace by the water was mostly pipe-dream, with little serious consideration. Until we visited Lake of the Ozarks, in the heart of Missouri.
Since the lake was only an hour away from some family members, we booked a week in a condo there and invited them to join us. When we walked into the condo for the first time and saw its amazing lake views from several rooms and an expansive screened-in balcony, we both had the same reaction: Lake of the Ozarks was not only someplace we could see ourselves living, but it was a place we began to consider seriously as our next home.
We returned home and began a period of mental turmoil that would last six months before we finalized the decision to make the move.
As I write this, we are on the cusp of the biggest change to our lives in several decades, and we can't wait for it to happen.
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