Big Dick's Halfway Inn

Kick back. Have a little fun. Laugh and scratch. Grab a burger. And while you're at it, go shoot the minnow.

You see, a portly truck driver named Richard "Dick" Nelson was one of the original owners. He was a big guy, those who know him say. Located at the 47-Mile Marker of the Osage arm of the Lake, the business is more or less halfway between the Truman Dam near Warsaw and the Bagnell Dam at Lake Ozark.

So without belaboring the point, here you have it: Big Dick's Halfway Inn. Our fame is worldwide. On any given day, one may see a T-shirt with a clever innuendo in Canada, on a Florida beach, Mexico or the Bahamas. The Big Dick's sign was placed on the internet and we have received calls from all over the world asking "is this place for real"? Many order items when they call. So we have now made these items available right here on our website.

Cup Tree Lane

Getting here to Big Dick's Halfway Inn is half the fun. In fact it's an adventure with a bit of nostalgia. Along the way a fence is decorated with hundreds of old tennis shoes, some of which even match. No one really knows of their origin but the collection continues to grow. Make a shoe contribution when you come out to visit Big Dick's Halfway Inn.

And just when you think you've taken the wrong turn there's the Cup Tree after which the lane leading to us is named. It isn't like your native oak or elm or hickory tree. It is a stump of a tree decorated with dozens and dozens of coffee and tea cups. Word is the cups were rescued from a dump managed by owners of a nearby home before the State shut it (the dump) down.