Conference Weekend at the Lake

One of our favorite things to do each year is to go down to the Lake of the Ozarks over conference weekend. What is conference you ask? It is a weekend that we have an opportunity to hear from our church leaders. We don't attend church as we normally do, we hear from them via satellite, TV, internet, etc. Lucky for us my grandma and grandpa get BYU TV down at the lake so it works out perfect for us. In between session we would venture out and explore. On Sunday we went to Ha-Ha Tonka State Park. Even though I basically grew up at the lake in the summer as a young girl I've only been here 1 other time. There are natural bridges and caves that I never knew existed here. It is a beautiful area. The boys favorite was the "castle" that burned down in 1947. It is absolutely huge, or was huge, either way I can only imagine what it would be like if it were still standing, overlooking the spring and the lake.

Here is the information on the castle and the man who bought the land and started the project. (not that you can read that but at least you get an idea of how big it was.). There was a "castle" and a carriage house that is almost as big as the main house. Both burnt to the ground.
Here is the natural spring that runs below the castle.
The boys at the castle site.
Max found a rock....surprise, surprise.
Harry and Dad walking down the path to the carriage house. It was so nice to just get away....except for the fact that we forgot our luggage. Yeah, thats another story. But still we enjoyed our time together.