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It Wasn't Meant To Be!

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 Started out at 8:20 a.m. heading to Stockton Lake, Stockton, MO. I wanted to see the Osprey nest that is on cam.  The chicks in the nest are now fledglings but they still hang on the nest waiting for mom or dad to bring in the fish.   I didn't realize just how large Stockton Lake was.  It's huge! How were we going to locate this Osprey nest.  First plan was to stop and ask the locals. They didn't even know what an Osprey was, let alone know where the nest was.  We even asked people at some of the camping sites. Nope, they were from out of town, like us, camping, swimming and fishing and boating. What's an Osprey? Finally found one person that suggested going over by the dam and checking there.  We went by the Senator Kit Bond Information Center, headed to the dam, crossed over, went to this kids fishing area. Met two lovely ladies there, one was local her friend was from Kansas City, who came to visit and fish.  Thought they had a perfect pl...