by Sara Halverson | Jul 22, 2020 | Featured, Stories
Dan Debert What I enjoy the most about the Lake is the diversity of people you encounter. You meet people from all over the country who enjoy the Lake. I have been coming down here my entire life. I’ve gone from enjoying weekends with my family as a kid, to...
by Sara Halverson | Jul 12, 2020 | Featured, Stories
I loved “A Lake Story,” [editor’s note] and related to so much of falling in love with this place by wonderful family vacation experiences and memories. My husband’s family used to come to the Lake starting in the 1950’s with other families to camp,...
by Sara Halverson | Jul 9, 2020 | Featured, Stories
Champion kneeboarder Mark Ritchhart has watched watersports grow and change, since his teenage years on Lake of the Ozarks. by Nathan Bechtold Mark Ritchhart remembers the first time he tried waterskiing on Lake of the Ozarks. He was 14 years old, and it was 1975. “I...
by Sara Halverson | Jul 3, 2020 | Featured, Guides
Driving a boat feels like freedom. But that doesn’t mean there are no rules; here are five tips boaters would do well to remember. by Nathan Bechtold & Al Griffin Appoint A Sober Captain It’s obvious. It’s so obvious, and the message gets beaten into our heads...
by Sara Halverson | Jul 3, 2020 | Featured, Guides
Treating Lake visitor injuries for decades, the doctors at Lake Regional have seen a thing or two… by Anita Harrison/Lake Regional Health System When Lake of the Ozarks is busy, that means Lake Regional’s Emergency Department is preparing for nonstop action....
by Sara Halverson | Jun 23, 2020 | Featured, Stories
College student Sophie Shore reflects on sweet memories of growing up on the water. by Sophie Shore And I come to the fields and spacious palaces of my memory, where are the treasures of innumerable images… — St. Augustine, The Confessions (Harvard Classics) I have...
