by Sara Halverson | Aug 23, 2020 | Featured, Stories
Ha Ha Tonka singer and mandolin player Brett Anderson talks Ozarks roots, “Ozarkian” music, and their favorite place to be on the Lake. Interview by Nathan Bechtold (Editor’s Note: Interview edited for brevity and readability.) Mention Ha Ha Tonka outside of Missouri,...
by Sara Halverson | Aug 9, 2020 | Featured, Stories
Some boaters have known for years what they’ll name their dream boat. For others, their new vessel’s christening is the result of an agonizingly long debate. By any other name, would the ride would still be as sweet? Each year, Boat Owners Association of The United...
by Sara Halverson | Aug 9, 2020 | Featured, Stories
Many people love bringing their Harleys to Lake of the Ozarks. Eric Miller’s is built to float on it. by Ariel Thibodeau In the summer of 2016, Eric Miller’s wife gave him a one-of-a-kind gift. Eric was at their home in Kansas City, Mo. while his wife Joleena and her...
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...
