[2011 missouri ozarks]
Day 4: Monday, July 18th: Onondaga State Park to Springfield, MO
After the cave tour we headed to the closest camp ground. We ate one of our favorite meals of tortillas, black beans, canned chicken, and cheese. Scott added a little Tabasco Sauce which made Brooke crinkle up her nose a bit and Cody kept wiping off his tongue trying to get rid of the burning sensation. We might have to leave out the Tabasco Sauce for everyone but Scott next time, but since he was the chef and the kitchen cleaning staff we gobbled it up and contemplated our next move. Brooke wanted to camp right where we were. Scott and I were sweating profusely just sitting still. Brooke and Cody kept themselves busy playing in the water while Scott suggested something I never thought I would hear coming from his mouth, “Let’s get a hotel.” We spent 77 days traveling through Canada and Alaska last year and there were plenty of times I would have loved to get out of the cold or the rain, but we spent 75 days in a tent, one night in the van, and one night in an abandoned church. No nights were spent in a hotel. Brooke was begging to camp, but in the end the lure of sleeping without sweating and the opportunity to shower proved to be too strong to allow another night of camping.
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Horseshoe Lake sunset around eight o’clock Saturday night. 
