Table Rock Lake Memoirs

make our way to the rope swing. I can vividly remember crawling up under the helm of the boat all wrapped up in a warm beach towel that smelled like coppertone. The pur of the boat engine lulling me to sleep after a long sunburnt day. Some of our best childhood memories were created on Table Rock.

As each of us graduated from high school, we left Springfield to venture out into the world and start businesses, start families and create amazing lives. We were pretty spread apart from California to Florida. But several times throughout the years we would try to get together.

In 2015, my husband and I and my sister and her husband came back to Table Rock Lake for a vacation. We wanted to show the guys what it was all about.

We stayed at cute cabins on Indian Point and rented a pontoon. We found a cove where we dropped anchor and floated all day and dreamed about living here again, we nicknamed that cove “Future Cove” (little did we know).

Later that day we took the guys to the dinner at the Osage at Top of the Rock.

During the sunset ceremony we gazed out at the lake, glasses held high and tears of joy filled our eyes. We were so grateful to be visiting such a beautiful place that’s so full of nostalgia. Needless to say our guys were hooked that summer.

A year later, my husband and I decided to sell our home and business in South Florida and come back to Table Rock Lake to build our dream home. Then, about a year or so after, my sister and her husband felt drawn back here to the lake.

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They found their dream spot off DD. A year after that, my brother moved his business and family back here to the lake too. So now all 3 Wise kids are back on Table Rock Lake once again to share memories with a whole new generation of Wise kids.

We love the seasons but we especially love the summertime when we all hop on our boats and meet up in a cove with family, kids, music, a cooler full of drinks .... and sometimes some cold fried chicken.