Recent content by capricious

Am 46; wife is 39. Bought 7.5 acres on a 7800 acre lake a year ago. In 15 years it MIGHT be a retirement place, or maybe not. Depends on what else comes along. I consider it my "fall back" place; if nothing else turns up, I will always have it. Plus it has "day dream" value; keeps me sane (or...

My wife hit me. Took vacation from work on Wed. to run her car through the state-mandated safety inspection and the EPA- mandated emmisions inspection (and to burn vacation days that I can not carry-over or "sell").  Requires visits to (2) different places to get these inspections. No...

"...So we decided to make it a quest to get to White Castle, even if it turned out to be closed.  We walked to the Arch and then south along the Mississippi river.  Soon we were stuck on one side of a freeway, and the area was getting deserted.  We continue on, and were soon in among abandoned...

"We did a lot of walking around during our recent St. Louis trip.  The most amusing part was that every time we asked how to get somewhere, and mentioned that we were walking, the response was always: "Oh no, you can't walk there, it's too far!" There is a lot of that in any city, I...

If you wanted to see "walking," ya should have gone up to Alton, Il (15 miles North of St. Louis) on Saturday for the running race along the river road. About 845 people running 10 miles on a crisp fall day alongside the Mississippi River I ran it.

" I mix and match boats, motors, trailers, etc and run free/cheap ads locally."  Got to haul all of this stuff off the dealer's lot; gotta store it all somewhere; gotta put quite a bit of labor into re-rigging outboards on different hulls, maybe (certainly) repairs to rotted floors/transoms...

[ Yesterday, I was at a marina and noticed a whole pile of small boats, motors and trailers in the "bone yard" behind their shop.  I offered them a lowball number to take away the whole lot.  When I gave them my number they just laughed (that's good).  They are calling me tomorrow with their...

Very true, but keep a couple of things in mind: The fees generally apply to "improved' access areas: sometimes there are Corp access areas with gravel parking lots and no pit toilets and the fees do not apply at those locations. Also, state facilities (as opposed to Corp facilities) will have...

I agree with that.

You can find a "view of the hills" real cheap; a "view of the water" will cost more. In fact, you can buy one heck of a hill view for $240,000.00, assuming you do not need to be near civilization. Kimberling is a fairly "upscale" area; something on the south shore would be way cheaper, and...

The Eastern-half of the North shore of Table Rock, say from Kimberling city over to Branson, is very "touristy:" From Kmberling West on the North shore, and basically the entire South Shore, is "boonies."   If you want a lakefront house, be sure to buy exactly what you want, as you do not own to...