June 18 - June
20 Branson, Missouri
On June 18, we drove to Branson and checked into our
condo. We stayed in a nice condo with a
back balcony that overlooked a little manmade stream. Every morning, Eric, Elissa and I had tea on
the balcony and enjoyed the cool, fresh air.
It was a nice chance to spend some family time together. We also enjoyed relaxing by the pool every
afternoon.
On June 19 and 20, we went to Silver Dollar City for part of
both days. We hit all our favorite
spots. We had rootbeer floats at the
Saloon show.
Melissa learned to milk a fake cow. Elissa shared her best goat milking tips with her.
We ate our favorite skillet lunch with grilled corn on the
cob and had our favorite snack of cinnamon bread and cream soda at the
mill. We also sat and listened to the
front porch pickers. During their show,
they asked everyone to join in on "I'll Fly Away". Melissa got this strickened look on her face
when she noticed that everyone in the audience except for her knew the song.
The pickers noticed too, and gave her some good-natured ribbing about it.
Elissa and Melissa spent some time in jail.
We really enjoyed being back in Branson visiting Silver
Dollar City and relaxing at the pool at our condo.
We ate some dry-rubbed barbeque at the Rendezvous. We called Jeff for a recommendation and this
was his favorite Memphis
barbeque.
After a great dinner, we took a walk down Beale
street before hitting the road again.
