I scheduled a week vacation at a condo at Lake of the 
Ozarks starting October 16th as sort of a reward and transition for me getting my house on the market. I finally got just about everything major done and I have it officially on the market.The condo is part of the Lodge of the Four Seasons complex and is big enough to sleep eight but I think that would be a little cramped if they were all adults. Jill came down on Friday and spent two nights but had to get back home for work on Monday.
Friday night we went out to Lil' Rizzos for supper and had a good time. The Lake area has changed so much since I last spent any time here. Lil' Rizzos has two locations now and neither one is where it used to be. We spent part of Saturday morning looking at an old photo album I found that had some of my dad's pictures from WWII when he was in Europe.
Saturday was a beautiful day and really the first full sunny day we have had in at least a week. We went over to Ha-Ha-Tonka State Park and looked at the castle ruins and hiked around a little. The castle dates from the early 1900s but it burned in 1942 and there is nothing left but the stone walls and the water tower. It sits on top of a rock bluff overlooking the Ha-Ha-Tonka Spring Branch that 
runs into the Niangua River arm of the lake. It must have been an impressive place beca
use the ruins are still very impressive.
runs into the Niangua River arm of the lake. It must have been an impressive place beca
use the ruins are still very impressive.Ha-Ha-
Tonka is actually a collapsed cave system that formed a deep canyon with steep rock walls, a natural bridge, springs and sink holes. It is one of the prime examples of karst geologic features in the US. We hiked along the trail to the natural bridge and made a short side trip to the water tower. The trail is actually a boardwalk for most of the way. The 
state spent thousands building wooden boardwalks throughout the park to enable people to access some of the difficult areas. Jill and I followed the trail to the natural bridge and then started climbing back up the hill. I lost my footing and stumbled on some wet rocks and banged my knee pretty bad. It was a hard walk back to the car but after I got back to the condo I got some ice on it and it was fine in a few hours.
Tonka is actually a collapsed cave system that formed a deep canyon with steep rock walls, a natural bridge, springs and sink holes. It is one of the prime examples of karst geologic features in the US. We hiked along the trail to the natural bridge and made a short side trip to the water tower. The trail is actually a boardwalk for most of the way. The 
state spent thousands building wooden boardwalks throughout the park to enable people to access some of the difficult areas. Jill and I followed the trail to the natural bridge and then started climbing back up the hill. I lost my footing and stumbled on some wet rocks and banged my knee pretty bad. It was a hard walk back to the car but after I got back to the condo I got some ice on it and it was fine in a few hours.Sunday morning we got a slow start but went over to Steak n Shake for a lunch and then Jill got on her way back home. I spent part of the afternoon at the outlet mall walking around and getting a few kitchen things I needed.
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