Bridal Cave & Thunder Mountain Park

The 1st Annual Thunder Mountain Fall Festival is winding down. We are about to enter the final weekend of entertainment and demonstrations, and the last day to enjoy festival activities will be on Tuesday, October 31, aka Halloween. There are only a few more days to enjoy this extra-special fun at Bridal Cave & Thunder Mountain Park . (Although the park is tons of fun even when those things aren't going on!) Once it's over, we have to do something with all of those wonderful decorations we put up.   FREE Fall Decor Once our Lake of the Ozarks fall festival is over, we want to repurpose as many of the autumn decorations as possible. They are simply too gorgeous to go to waste once we take them down. That's where you come in.  Beginning on Wednesday, November 1, from 9 am - 4 pm , we will be giving away all of the items we got from local farms that were used to decorate the park. If you have a use for straw, round hay bales, corn, or pumpkins, these will...

The 1st Annual Thunder Mountain Fall Festival at our scenic family attraction at the Lake of the Ozarks has been a big hit so far, and there are still plenty of great days left in October to enjoy it! Right now at Bridal Cave & Thunder Mountain Park we have over 1,000 pumpkins on site, all looking for a good home. Today we've got a few creative decorating ideas so you can turn the pumpkins you pick into something extra-special.  Carve It The most popular thing to do with any pumpkin this time of year is to carve it into a jack-o-lantern. Using simple shapes to carve eyes, a nose, and a mouth are a classic, but if you want to get a little fancier than that, here are a couple of places to find some free pumpkin carving templates. HGTV The Pumpkin Lady Paint It Skip the knives and scooping altogether and pull out your paintbrushes instead. You can paint a character or your favorite Halloween scene right on the pumpkin shell instead of carving it out. Another o...

Our Thunder Mountain Fall Festiva l is off to a tremendous start, the decorations and the natural scenic beauty around the park is breathtaking, and we've got tons of fun planned at Bridal Cave all month long! Have you had the chance to enjoy our brand new annual event at the Lake of the Ozarks yet? It adds even more fun and excitement to our family attraction!  Beautiful Scenery Bridal Cave is well-known as one of America's most scenic cave tours . It remains a constant 60° inside the cave, and you will see room after room of incredible mineral deposits, giant columns, stalactites and stalagmites, massive draperies, and so much more all created over millions of years of formation.  Outside, in Thunder Mountain Park, you've got nature trails to explore and of course, that amazing lake view. Right now for the Thunder Mountain Fall Festival, we've also added all kinds of gorgeous fall decorations and so many pumpkins, you'd think we were a pumpkin patch! If y...

Our Thunder Mountain Fall Festival is opening this weekend on October 1, and the staff at Bridal Cave has worked tirelessly to get it ready. Our scenic Lake of the Ozarks attraction looks even more gorgeous than usual with all of the decorations up. You'll be in the fall spirit the second you lay eyes on it.  You will want to make sure to find the time to come out and experience our 1st Annual Thunder Mountain Fall Festival in person, because the photos in today's blog are only a fraction of the excitement waiting to be had! When you visit the park and purchase a tour ticket, you will not only get to see one of America's most scenic caverns, but you can also take part in all of the fun activities, demonstrations, and entertainment included!  That tour ticket also gives you the additional benefit of getting some deep discounts on the beautiful fall decorations that are on sale at the park. We are very proud of the fact that all of the autumn beauty that we have ...

It's almost time for our Thunder Mountain Park Fall Festival ! (You can see the evidence of it all over the park already!) While all the autumn-themed fun doesn't officially start until October 1st, there are a couple of other exciting events happening near  Bridal Cave & Thunder Mountain Park  to keep you entertained until then. Both of these annual events are well worth taking the time to check out!    -Saturday, September 23 Lake of the Ozarks Air Show This awesome event honors our military, aviation, and more with a day full of exciting acts, both in the air and on the ground. It takes place at the Camdenton Memorial Lake Regional Airport from 7:30 am - 4 pm . (If it's rained out, the event will take place on Sunday, September 24 instead.) Parking is available at the airport for $10 per vehicle, or you can park at Camdenton High School for free and take the shuttle running from 8 am - 3:45 pm. Bring along blankets, chairs, sunscreen, sunglass...

We were excited during the planning phase for our Thunder Mountain Fall Festival happening this October , but now that we've physically gotten some of the preparations underway at our Lake of the Ozarks family attraction , we are ecstatic and giddy with anticipation! The staff here at Bridal Cave and Thunder Mountain Park has already been very busy getting the park decorated, but there's a lot more coming before October gets here.  We've Added MORE Festival! We're not the only ones looking forward to our Fall Festival. Due to the large amount of inquiries since we first announced it, we have made the wonderful decision to keep the festival fun open EVERY DAY IN OCTOBER instead of just on the weekends, with bluegrass entertainment and demonstrations added on the weekends. We'd like to extend an extra-special thank you to Camdenton Farm & Garden Center , who is the sponsor for this year's incredible event.  The Work So Far... There are a l...

Even though summer has just gotten started, and we hope to see all of you at some point before this fall, Bridal Cave & Thunder Mountain Park is already making plans for some really exciting events in October! In addition to all of the wonder and beauty awaiting you at our family attraction at the Lake of the Ozarks , this October we will be hosting a Thunder Mountain Fall Festival every weekend in the month.  Demonstrations & Entertainment We've got some pretty cool things lined up for you to learn about, listen to, and enjoy! More may be added before October rolls around, but for now we have scheduled each weekend:  9 am - noon Sarsaparilla Making 1-4 pm Pumpkin Painting Artist noon - 3 pm Live Bluegrass Music Fun Activities During our Thunder Mountain Fall Festival, all of the regular family fun activities will still be going on, plus we're adding a few more to fit the season. Included with your Bridal Cave admission ticket, you can:  Pan for...