Ozarks, car camping tenting and 6 days of adventure

 Where do I start on our trip to Missouri, Lake of the Ozarks! We followed warm 80*F weather down south. Left at 5am Thursday in the thick fog. The fog finally cleared when we got to Missouri! It was so foggy that we didn't see anything till we crossed the boarder! 

Glad we left early in the morning because it was a 9 hour drive that didn't seem very long. 

Our first Hipcamp of the trip. A cow pasture. Such soft grass and at least 40 acres of land to roam. We tried car camping for the first time ever and it was a success! 

A few dried up cow pies.

Car camping... so easy and comfortable. Plus, quiet. No need to listen all night for unknown noises, animals etc in a new unfamiliar area. 

Rolling hills... 

We took a walk around the property. There was two man-made ponds stocked with fish. We could have fished! 

We made breakfast the next morning and then packed up for our next location at the Lake of the Ozark state park. 

Leaving the property. We had it all to ourselves. Could set up camp anywhere and have a fire anywhere too. 

We had some BBQ for lunch. 

Very cute BBQ place in a small town

The best raspberry Ooey gooey butter cake!

Delicious!! 

I need to make this butter cake bars and add raspberries!! 

Trees were in bloom, flowers and green!!! 

Part of lake of the Ozark in the state park

Lake Ozark State park, being off season it was still pretty full of campers. 

Our tenting site at the state park for two nights. Didn't like all the campers around us. Just too noisy!!

The water was really low behind our camp site in the state park. 

It was dry enough to be able to walk out there next to the river and explore. 

Racoon out, saw during our walk in the woods in the state park

Hike through the woods

Main lake Ozark at a restaurant. 

Warm, but windy! 

We stayed at horse camp. Followed the river and collected rocks. 

Cows next to our camp spot. 

Lots of old building left to rot.