I had wanted to go into the Bull Shoals Lake area for some time now, it’s full of unexpected places, things or I should say eye candies. I left Springfield, MO and headed south on Hwy 125 and winged it from there. Visiting Chadwick, Bradleyville and Protem on further south. I detoured to go see Davidson’s Store and motel but got back onto the highway pronto.
I remembered why I love the Ozarks so much once I reached the glades then further up into the hills. Those vistas are breathtaking. I also knew Bull Shoals would, early in the morning, give me some fog. It always does this time of year. I ran onto an abandoned home place that I only could see the very peak of the roof in the timbers. I had to go take a peek. As I approached the house there was a lonely chair sitting on the porch like someone was sitting and waiting for company. Around the house was the normal, out buildings, outhouse, barn and a spring house. The spring house had to be one of the nicest I have ever ran across, it had two separate rooms and as the spring left the structure they had built a retaining wall around it for a pool area, I’m sure they used it during the warm months. A very good trip overall with the exception of my camera shooting craps. Oh well time for a new one.
Founding members of the Ozark Mountain Daredevils Randle Chowning and Larry Lee formed Beyond Reach in 2005 as a recording entity. Multi-instrumentalists Ned Wilkinson and David Wilson joined them and the new group started performing live in concert settings.
Every adventure starts with planning, this time it’s localized. No big road trip just close to home, down and dirty foot work. Over a number of years I’ve been visiting as many locations as possible digging up images from the Ozarks past. Whether it’s an old mill site, abandoned home, deserted road or well traveled touristy spot I’m shooting it. 
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