Proto Cima

At least twice a year I end up at the Lake of Ozarks for a meeting or simply for a vacation.  This past weekend was one of those times.  I had not been to the lake since last spring, and with the trees looking wonderful, thought this might be a good time to take a couple of days and stare at the water.  I found a nice rental with a good view of the lake at a reasonable price, and headed that way.

It did have a nice view of the main channel.  The trees were a little past peak, but very pretty. 

Normally when I go to the lake I have a meeting to attend, or family members with the desire to accomplish certain things.  My schedule gets bent around these requirements.  This time there was little to accomplish other than eat, read and take a few bicycle rides.

Each time I go to the lake I try to make it across the toll bridge to ride my bike around the high end comunities on the other side.  One of the main ones is Porto Cima.  This is not a high intensity ride.  If I work the different loops correctly I can make about an 8 mile loop with several significant hills and lots of beautiful views.

 

 

There is no traffic.  Everyone is very friendly, I suspect because they think I live there.  

 You see lots of very expensive homes. 

 But mainly you get to have a nice road almost to yourself

 Over the years I have seen quite a few houses build, but there are many more lots available.

I generally ride the loops several times, then make it out to the main road to ride around some of the other developments.  I can remember when I would ride this road before the toll bridge.  Now MM is very busy and not for the faint of heart.  Still by taking some of the side roads you can get a reasonable ride in that include some significant hills, something I do get closer to home.

In this whole trip I did not get a single BBQ meal.  My wife went with me and she had other ideas.  That just means that I need to schedule some BBQ trips in the next few weeks!