Living in St. Louis, Lake of the Ozarks (to be referred to at LOTO from now on) is the closest big lake and mountainous area to us. It's about a 2.5-3 hour drive, but half of it is through some pretty nice countryside. When we go down to LOTO, we stay in the Worldmark or Wyndham (same building) condos. When we're really lucky, I can use our Wyndham VIP status and reserve a 1 bedroom unit with a free upgrade to a 3 or 4 bedroom penthouse. I actually prefer the 3 bedroom penthouse since it's on the top 2 floors of the resort and have a vaulted ceiling and is lofted. The 4 bedroom penthouses are 2 full levels so they do have more room, but less light.
4 bedroom penthouse:
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| looking down towards one of the condos from the check in area. |
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| master closet with complimentary robes |
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| master bedroom |
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| master shower/bath |
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| master bedroom with sliders to lanai |
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| living room/dining room/ kitchen |
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| downstairs living area/ game table/ another master bedroom |
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| These were taken awhile ago---so tv's were much bigger then |
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| undersized kitchen |
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| loved the hot tubs on the lanais (think only the penthouses had them) |
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| driveway from check in down to the condos |
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| corner condo |
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| one of the condos straight on the lake |
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| upper parking area and basketball court |
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| LOTO to the right |
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| the pool |
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| how the lake came to be---Bagnell dam |
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| storm watching from the covered lanai |
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| midwest storm |
2 bedroom deluxe:
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| grills on the decks |
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| WM boat dock |
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| just past the strip of little stores leading to the road over the dam. |
another 4 bedroom penthouse: (pre-2007)
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| view from the lanai |
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| master bedroom |
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| diningroom to extra bathroom |
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| small kitchen, again |
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| one of the 4 bedrooms |
3 bedroom penthouse:
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| looking down from the loft |
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| master bedroom |
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| nearby public lake access. |
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| public lake access |
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| facing East, but still a nice sunset. |
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| nearby Bridal Caves |
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| in the cave |
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| nearby Ha Ha Tonka State Park (old burnt out mansion) |
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| sunrise over the lake and mist rising |
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| enjoying the hottub |
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| 2nd bedroom |
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| 3rd bedroom |
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| Ozarks |
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| Ozarks |
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| rainy day at the resort |
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| warm day at the resort |
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| 2 of the buildings from the water (i think there are 3 buildings) |
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| more midwest scenery |
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| driving back to St. Louis |
We moved away from St. Louis in 2015 and haven't been back to LOTO since. Over the many years and 5 or 6 times that we went there, we saw a lot of changes to the area. For the better. Used to have nothing there. Last time we were there it had lots of stores (including a big outlet mall) and lots more restaurants. Bridal Caves is close by , as is Ha Ha Tonka and lots of hiking trails. It's a pretty area. Hope to get back there some day.
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