10 Secrets of Big Cedar Lodge

Bass Pro Shops founder Johnny Morris dreamed, designed, and built Missouri’s Big Cedar Lodge so you could escape to his slice of heaven on earth.

devil's pool overlooking table rock lake at big cedar lodge
Robbie Caponetto

3: One of the boats is named after Waylon Jennings’s wife

A ride on Goin’ Jessi, Big Cedar’s replica 1939 Chris-Craft cruiser, is the perfect end to the day. “I bought it on a whim in upstate New York,” Johnny says. “We named it after Waylon’s wife because the Jenningses always stayed with us when he played Branson.”

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