Although we’ve been to all 50 states and spent much time in the north, we’d only passed through the Ozark Plateau twice, midsummer and fall. We’d never had time to linger there.

The phrase "Ozarks Plateau" means the same thing as "the Ozarks" or the "Ozark Mountains." If you want to know what the boundaries of "the Ozarks" are, I'll refer you to the Answer Man column I ...