Branson,MO

So, I was tellin' ya about our road trip, right? Well, we went to Branson for five days...three of them liveable and the last two...humidity hell! The Ozarks are beautiful, but the humidity is the pitts. Very hilly. Our motel parking lot was at a 45 degree angle which made the car look like it would tip over during the night. Way too much to do in only 5 days. Many kid attractions and adult, too.

There is a newly constructed waterfront area with condos and upscale shops along the White River. We took a boat ride for an hour and saw....TWO BALD EAGLES! I think they were visiting from Alaska and decided to stay, as the captain said they'd been there a year or so. In the above photo, the river is behind me.

We didn't go in this Titanic museum, but I enjoyed seeing the outside of it. However, I could have used an iceberg at high noon and a dip in freezing water. Several waterslide parks and many miniature golf courses were loaded with people all day long.

This gaudy-awful thing is outside the Hollywood Wax Museum. We passed on that, too.

The classiest building in town is the Dolly Parton Wild West dinner theater which we did attend. Eating with our fingers, while watching horses perform, was fun. Everybody gets a whole chicken! (and other stuff) It was delicious.

We just had to take a "duck" ride. It toured the town while Mr. Jolly tour guide pointed out things of interest.

THEN....it hit the White River at about 100 miles an hour and scared the duckpoop out of me. We all lived and no animals were injured.

Dick Clark's restaurant was attached to a '57 car museum. Every car in it was made in 1957. We loved it!

We toured Roy Rogers Museum, which used to be in Victorville, CA, where I had toured it years ago with Wendy and Tracy on our way home from Las Vegas. It has my 3rd grade lunch pail! Minus the smelly egg sandwich.

We skipped this monstrosity, too. Ripely's Believe It or Not Museum. I didn't want to heave at the sight of a two headed snake or anything. (weak stomach) There is so much more to see in Branson. I'd go back in the spring or fall, but August??? What were we thinking?

Awesome Twin Story

I hate to brag about my twin, but sometimes,,,well, ....all the time, Jayne just floors me. We decided we'd play canasta in our little Super 8 motel room after our day at California Adventure. So, while Jayne was taking a shower, I set up the cards. I delt her a hand with eleven deuces, and me a hand with eleven Aces, shuffled the cards and waited. She's finally ready to play and picks up her hand. Without a grimmace, she slaps down her cards on the table and yells something, which I cannot remember, and announces she's not going to play now that I cheated her. I'm laughing my head off, of course...when she changes her mind, picks up her cards and says, "O.K., I'll play this hand and I'll win!" Well, right off the bat, I have a red canasta of Aces.....................buuuuuuuuttt...........she ends up beating me by a mile! How does she do shit like that? I guess it's true...cheaters never prosper!

Adventures in Twinland

Twin was given an extra day off, and twin wanted a get-away, so she could refreshingly go back to work for another 10 years. She decided on California Adventure, the other theme park at Disneyland. She and I had a great time. Yes, your butt and shoes lift off the bench and floor when you drop in the "Tower of Terror". Yes, when you feed one crumb to one bird, you attract 200 birds. (I didn't do that) Yes, we got the "ARE YOU TWO TWINS?" question about a dozen times, and yes, if you don't go on "Toy Story" when the wait in line is 15 minutes, it will be 35 minutes when you return.(my fault). On the GIANT ferris wheel we picked the swinging cages instead of the stationary ones. After it got going and Jayne was looking straight down at the ground and grasping the seat and side for dear life, and I was white knuckling the side of the cage looking to heaven, we shared this very loud conversation: "Oh God! Oh crap! JesusMaryandJoseph.... Jesus loves me this I......JesusMaryandJoseph......know, cause the Bible tells me so, little lambs to him.......JesusMaryandJoseph.......belong, we are weak, but......JesusMaryandJoseph...He is strong, yes Jesus loves.....Holy crap.....me Yes Jesus loves me yes......JesusMaryandJospeh......Jesus loves me the Bible tells me so." When we finally got off, we went on it again, this time in a stationary cage so we could enjoy the view! BTW, wheelchairs are no longer given priority in line. They snake around the lines with everyone else (the aisles were considerably wider to accomodate). The chair actually went with us in the ferriswheel cage). No photos here. I left that to Jayniker and her camera phone and flip video. It was a great day!

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