A Few Days in Branson

We left my brothers on Tuesday 9/28 and headed closer to Springfield, MO to get our cracked windshield replaced. “They”, the insurance company, said on Thursday that the windshield would be here on this Tuesday or Wednesday. That was bad info, we called on Wednesday 9/29 and was told that the earliest will be Friday. The campground we are in has room for us until Friday. We will either be getting our windshield fixed on Friday and then be moving up the road towards home or, if the windshield doesn’t come in, we will move back to Branson and barge in on my brother or find another campground in the area.

For today we went to see the original and largest Bass Pro Shops. The aquariums and waterscapes were phenomenal. Look at this pretty duck, he has a blue bill, and it’s home in a pond with a water wheel.          These ducks had the prettiest faces. The store has waterfalls, fish, turtles, and even an alligator! Loved the lighting            and wouldn’t you love to curl up on a comfy couch during a snow storm with a cup of hot chocolate in front of this fireplace. Beautiful. To go through this store actually took a couple of hours. Forget about looking at the merchandise, the displays of stuffed animals,   the waterscapes,   and the multiple aquariums kept you there. Tommy loved to look at the vintage guns. At a mere $82,000, I think everyone should have one or two. LOL  

Yesterday, we washed to RV and Hooptie. They haven’t had a bath since Tok, Alaska in August. We have put a lot of miles on and seen a lot of places since then. You could almost hear Hooptie saying Ahhhh when we were washing her. The rest of the day we hung out at the RV park and had one of those restful – do nothing days,.

Today we went back into Branson and saw the Jim Stafford show. Do you remember the tongue in cheek song he made in the 1970’s “Spiders and snakes”? The main line goes something like this… “I don’t like spiders and snakes and that ain’t what it takes to love me, the way I want to be loved by you”. Yeah that guy. Dave was able to get us tickets, so off to a matinee. Cute show, lots of music and cheesy comedy.    I will say he can really play that guitar and banjo! After the show, we went back to Daves for dinner and Wii games with the kids.                           We said our good byes not knowing if it would be for a day, months, or years before we would see each other again. I really have such a good guy for a brother. He is so easy going and would do anything for you and he married an equally nice woman. They compliment each other so nicely. Until we see each other again, remember…I love ya.