Spending New Years In The Ozarks! (Ha Ha Tonka SP)

[@WanderingWagners]

How did you spend your new years? Want to buy Lynn a beer? Mike a chocolate bar? Or anything else? Here's our Venmo! We will shout you out in a video! venmo.com/u/WanderingWagners Text/call us! 213-294-0398

[@Frostytravels]

Ozarks are a great place to see. Good video guys.

[@WanderingWagners]

Thanks! We had a great time and it felt like spring here haha

[@Frostytravels]

@@WanderingWagners Awesome

[@robertferguson9192]

Ha Ha Tonka is a favorite spot for us. Really beautiful in summer.

[@WanderingWagners]

It really is a beautiful place! We hope to return here for sure

[@daveholley2156]

I was at Ha Ha Tonka a few times in my teens and twenties. It looks better than I remember 40+ years ago. It was a high of 62 hear in STL MO yesterday l. ✌️💙🎵

[@WanderingWagners]

It's a pretty nice park and we've been to those state park and lake of the Ozarks in 2021, and we've really enjoyed both so far!

[@edythekidd2613]

Love Ha Ha Tonka .... In fact so much we married on the overlook at the back side of the castle

[@WanderingWagners]

that's awesome! what a beautiful backdrop for your wedding!

[@truebalsamhogs]

Yay! You made it to beautiful Missouri, my home state. Enjoy

[@WanderingWagners]

Yes! Thank you! We had a great time😁

[@BikesBoatsBivouacs]

Missouri is state I haven't explored yet. The burgers looked great! 2022 was rough for me, I'm glad 2023 is here! The KOA looked like it had what you needed. Nice job.

[@WanderingWagners]

Hopefully 2023 is better for you! Missouri is great just avoid spring because the ticks are insane there! Worst we've ever experienced anywhere haha

[@lisakennett7966]

Missouri here. Yes the Ticks can be bad in certain areas. Try more areas. Won't disappoint 😉 Try some of the lakes ❤️

[@WanderingWagners]

@@lisakennett7966 absolutely! We prefer Winter😁

[@214steveg]

Mike has a great eye for aiming the camera

[@WanderingWagners]

😂 quite the videographer

[@danofiremano]

Ha Ha Tonka is about 1.5 hours North of my Mother-in-Laws new house. Might have to go check it out this summer when we go see her!

[@WanderingWagners]

We really liked it! We wanted to do a lot more here but it was so crowded.. I'm positive we will be back!

[@jimrollins1501]

Glad to see you had a nice new years. Probably passed right thru our area if you were on 55 or 70 in Illinois. We live close to Troy, Illinois.

[@WanderingWagners]

We had a great new years! Really warm so I think this was the first time we got frozen custard on New years😂

[@fortz71]

Heres to a healthy and prosperous New Year Mike, Lynn🍻🥂

[@WanderingWagners]

Thank you very much, Rick!😁🎊 We sure hope for that too, not only for us, but for you as well👏🏻

[@PWS777]

Love Andy’s Custard. We have one near our winter RV location in sunny, warm winter weather in Florida!😅

[@WanderingWagners]

This was our first time at an Andy's, but hopefully it won't be the last! So good🍦

[@carolyngrover2038]

@@WanderingWagners They are all over here in Missouri and they are good.

[@nowweride3094]

Geee guys you make it look so easy, I believe it is because all the miles and years of practice and fun you both had! Personally have learned so much on your adventures! 👍

[@WanderingWagners]

Takes practice 😜 haha That's great that you've learned things from us over the years! That's the least we can try to do haha

[@loriw2661]

“Get it, Piper! GET IT, PIPER! GET IT!!!” See. I’d be such a big help, if I was there with you!!🤣 🐾❤️🐾

[@WanderingWagners]

Haha I like how she finally listened to Mike🙄🤦🏼‍♀️😂

[@arkansastraveler7698]

Technical Ozarks, but living in the heart of the Ozarks I never consider that area part of the Ozarks. Been to castle a couple times. Our club stays at Bennett Springs SP.

[@WanderingWagners]

We enjoy this area and this park was beautiful! Just wish they offered camping too

[@bobpurs]

Safe travels. 👍✊

[@WanderingWagners]

Thank you!😁

[@joemontague217]

We spent Thanksgiving in the Ozarks now we're in Quartzsite Arizona safe travels Joe and Brenda

[@WanderingWagners]

Awesome! We'd love to get back out to Arizona again soon

[@steveandrews6280]

Well , Happy New Year to the Wagners. Enjoy your trip

[@WanderingWagners]

Thank you! Hopefully you're having a good new year as well🎊

[@wyldgentsjourney1465]

Hey Mike have you and Lynn ever been to table rock lake down that way? It is absolutely beautiful the water is crystal clear and it's very deep. By the way Mike the next time you buy Lynn a toy give me a call and let me give you some suggestions OK. A vacuum come on.

[@WanderingWagners]

Don't think we've been to table rock yet. Sounds great! Actually I wanted the vacuum😁I use it all the time in the Wraith while traveling. Gets dirty and broom doesn't do great on carpet lol

[@bhaskarparam9711]

Thanks for helping cat to come out

[@WanderingWagners]

Absolutely! We didn't want it to get stuck or get hurt

[@ramblers69]

At least no ice scares for Piper, dumpster kitty looked grumpy, we got an Andy's here in Florida a couple of years ago and I must say it's very good, Happy New Year, 🎉

[@WanderingWagners]

That's a very good point about piper going on ice! Haha dumpster kitty didn't appreciate our presence lol this was the first time we had three frozen custard and loved it!

[@neksguy01]

Please keep an update going on the new vacuum. Have had my eye on that 1 & need another 1 for the rig

[@WanderingWagners]

Will do! So far so good and I use it all the time but it's still pretty new considering

[@EBKRV412]

That KOA looked sweet 👍

[@WanderingWagners]

Thanks! It wasn't bad and we loved our site😍

[@EBKRV412]

@Wandering Wagners yeah Looked nice and big noone too close for a koa

[@WanderingWagners]

@@EBKRV412 some of the regular sites are pretty close but a few along the edge were nice and this was probably the best one! Downside was all the road noise

[@alexanderdavila4087]

Rv ing is my favorite

[@WanderingWagners]

Ours too!😁

[@TheWayWalker]

It was warm and extremely mild this winter in Missouri. It is normal for it to be both extremely warm and then extremely cold. This winter was weird though. It felt more spring like than winter. February & March have been a bit more "winter like". It also depends on where in the state you are too though. Missouri can be 60's and spring like then drop down to the 30's and start snowing all in the same day. The only thing that is consistent is its inconsistent weather. 😊

[@WanderingWagners]

Yeah most of the country had a weird Winter! We didn't get the lot of snow and cold we love. We didn't expect snow where we were but we didn't expect to sweat that much😂

[@TheWayWalker]

@@WanderingWagners 😆 for real Missouri is humid!

[@WanderingWagners]

@@TheWayWalker yes! Every time we are in Missouri it's humid😂

[@JodysJourney]

My part of the world! Just 30 minutes from my house. 😊

[@WanderingWagners]

Awesome! We had a great time, again😊

[@davidmills108]

Nice hike 😊

[@WanderingWagners]

Thank you! It was very pretty and a great workout haha

[@davidmills108]

Lots of steps to walk up

[@WanderingWagners]

@@davidmills108 Yes there are! 600 steps up and down!

[@davidmills108]

Really enjoyed watching you walk up them but way to many for me

[@camperbum]

Hey, you made it to the Ozarks lol, but you need to come down south of there, to the middle of the Ozarks, I think you'll it a whole lot different...anyway, I drove out to Quartzsite, first time in a RV, it's very interesting, alot to see, I figured gotta do it once...

[@WanderingWagners]

We were in the Ozarks in 2021 as well and enjoyed it! We stayed longer that time but we didn't record a ton of other places in the area. We've considered going to quartzite one of these years too. Have a great time!

[@camperbum]

@@WanderingWagners I remember you being here before, I spent a lot of years driving thru Quartzsite in a truck (chicken hauler) lol, I figured someday I see what it's all about, their's tons of people here and things to do and see, it's long drive from the Ozarks.

[@AlliChuckAdventures]

You made it to ring in the New Year with us! But we couldn’t get Mike to drink more than a sip of champagne LOL.

[@WanderingWagners]

Mike definitely drank more than a sip last year with you guys! He loves champagne🍾 haha We didn't even have any this year at midnight though. Just went right to bed haha

[@jacksanders7029]

Where did you get the hot plate for the Weber grill

[@WanderingWagners]

Amazon or where they sell Weber grill/accessories. Here's a link: amzn.to/3WkkzHI

[@markreynolds9570]

Is he ok? Hes always huffin on hikes.

[@WanderingWagners]

This was 600 steps up😂 everyone was breathing hard. Appreciate your concern but I make him do hard hikes lol

[@stephaniefitch4713]

I did a little calculation for you with the value of that $250,000 back in 1906 to now… $8,244,361.11 today😱 this is what that castle would be worth now 😮

[@WanderingWagners]

Thanks for that! I was curious what it would be in today's dollars. That's just insane!!

[@pahanin2480]

I spent New Year’s day freezing in the Florida keys

[@WanderingWagners]

Haha there's no way it was that cold. The rest of the country was hot!

[@johnnylightning1491]

You finally made it to my home state or maybe more appropriately the state where I was born. For some reason they've torn down the hospital I was born in. Is there a connection? I don't know maybe it's just a coincidence. Keep the good stuff coming guys. P.S. are you going to the Tampa show?

[@WanderingWagners]

We were last in Missouri in 2021 so it was good to be back! Weather was crazy warm though. We don't plan to go to Tampa show this year unfortunately

[@GettingOutInLife]

What mics were you using on that last shot? I am always having audio issues with my iPhone 13 Pro Max. Much easier working with the audio on my Canon G7X. You guys sound great!

[@WanderingWagners]

Thanks! We had mics in this entire video with exception of the vacuum unboxing and making breakfast etc. We have the Rode wireless Go II amzn.to/3iCYxlL we also have the lavalieres

[@GettingOutInLife]

@@WanderingWagners Thank you. I already had those marked as a favorite. A bit much for the budget right now. Love your videos. Y’all need to come down to the North Texas area before it warms up.

[@WanderingWagners]

We do enjoy Texas! Though we usually visit in the middle of Summer because we are backwards travelers😂

[@marciatesch3951]

It seems that you don’t run into any state parks that don’t allow dogs. We are going to the wrong parks I guess. Party on!

[@WanderingWagners]

Very few we have been to have certain trails that say no dogs. If they don't allow dogs, we generally don't visit haha Many national parks don't allow dogs on trails and that's a big reason we don't visit many. There are a few that do allow them though

[@stewartpid]

🤨 you don't have to throw away cats

[@WanderingWagners]

We didn't put it there, we helped it get out though!

[@jkoncz]

WHAT NO BIKINI?

[@WanderingWagners]

Nope haha

[@lawrenceconstantine]

WHATS SO FUNNY I DONT GET IT

[@WanderingWagners]

What part are you referring to?

[@lawrenceconstantine]

@@WanderingWagners YOUR ALL LIKE HA HA AND ITS NOT FUNNY

[@WanderingWagners]

@@lawrenceconstantine the name of the park is Ha Ha Tonka

[@lawrenceconstantine]

@@WanderingWagners I DONT GET IT

[@WanderingWagners]

@@lawrenceconstantine you don't get that it's the name of the state park?

[@roadhog6603]

Have you thought about taking a 2 week vacation and heading out west towards Glacier National Park or the Grand Canyon? It's pretty amazing out in this area.

[@WanderingWagners]

We were last out west to northern Idaho in 2021, last in Arizona in 2014. We love those places!