Go carting in Branson
After St. Louis, Branson, MO was next on our list. I had stopped in here years ago on my way through and got to see M-m-m-m-mel Tillis perform (reminded me of dad watchign Hee Haw growing up!), so thought this would be a fun stop along our Midwestern route. If you have enver been here, imagine Orlando, FL mixed with Las Vegas, NV - tacky tourist extreme with all kinds of signs and advertising everywhere for food/shows/entertainment. Couple this concept with too damned many people and poorly laid out roads, and there are commonly lines of cars at stop lights that are 40-50 long just to get through. It's a very pretty area with rolling hills, but too many old people driving too slowly! :-)
I hate to admit it, but she did a pretty good job of driving!
We came into Branson on Thursday afternoon, and just stayed at a hotel. We were within walking distance of the Titanic Museum, where the front fasade looks like the ship, complete with a fake iceberg and water squirting out as if there were a hole in the ship! Bish and I walked down to the local "visitor center" to get some brochures to figure out what we wanted to do while in town, and learned that the "visitor centerz" was actually a time share sales office that had brochures for all of the activities. We passed on the time share sales pitch, but still grabbed a bunch of brochures.
Miniature golf after dinner
We opted for a relatively quiet night since we stopped and got our fudge packed at Uranus! :-) We walked down the street to an all you can eat seafood buffet called Marvelous Marvin's. Afterwards we played some miniature golf next door and sweat like pigs as it was abotu 88 and humid! Darby was the only one who lost a ball in the water during our round!
Sadly, Bish's putting skills are better than the girls.
Friday morning the girls decided on a go cart track as the entertainment of the morning. There are a million go cart tracks, so we picked one close by and got 2 hour passes They opted for go carts early before it got too hot and humid, which was a great idea! The track wasn't very crowded yet, so we got in a lot of rides as we typically were able to exit and go right back in immediately afterwards. I think we got in about 8 races in our 2 hour period. I'm not sure how or where, but the girls both have some aggressive driving habits. I'm guessing they both picked this up from their mother's agressive driving/road rage? I think everyone but me got spun at least once on the track, and I was able to stall my cart one time and caught big air going down the ramp when it stalled!
I have no idea where she is aiming as that's not the direction of the hole!
After go carts, we headed over to do a local escape room as it was supposdly ranked in the top 5 escape rooms in the country. The person that picked it, Danica, screamed like a little girl once we got inside due to the darkness and the creepy voice! Let's just say, it was a pretty hard excape room, but still alot of fun. We were not even close to escaping in our one hour time allotment. But the girls that let us out told us it was there hardest room. It was a lot of fun though! We went to see the Men In Black movie that night. It was OK, nothing great. Then had a relatively early night. but not before I got a BPT at a restaurant across the street from our hotel! :-)
Darby with a polar bear in WofW!
We left Branson the next morning, headed for Halfway, MO (aka BFE) to see old freinds JR & Paricia. But along the way, we first had to stop by Bass Pro Shops (BPS) largest/original store in Springfield, MO. And right next door was a place they created called World of Wildlife that we decided to stop and see. It was kind of like a giant display of the stuffed animals you see in a BPS or Cabellas. Plus they had an aquarium in there too. It was also a collection/location for a number of national associations or hall of fames such as Bass Fishing HOF, some sort of antler/hunting associaiton, etc. Needless to say, if you ever find yourself in Springfield, MO (I hope not for yoru sake), then this place should be at teh top of your list to visit (partially because there isn't much else to do there!).
Boo inside a pop up in a fish tank.
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