A LITTLE TIME OFF

 

WE ARE HEADED TO SAN ANTONIO TO SELL CHRISTMAS TREES AGAIN FOR HOLIDAY HILLS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO BE THERE UNTIL NOVEMBER 9, SO WE HAVE A LITTLE TIME TO VACATION. WE DECIDED TO GO BACK TO BRANSON, MISSOURI AND SPEND MORE TIME. WE ENJOYED IT SO MUCH IN APRIL, BUT WE COULD ONLY STAY A WEEK. 

WE LEFT FOR BRANSON ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 8 AT 9:00. WE HAD PLANNED ON STAYING ONE NIGHT ON THE ROAD, BUT IT FELT SO GOOD "TO BE ON THE ROAD AGAIN" WE DECIDED TO DRIVE THE WHOLE WAY.   WE GOT THERE ABOUT 7:00 P.M . WE WERE TIRED AFTER DRIVING 9 HOURS, BUT AT LEAST IT'S WARM HERE!! WE ARE STAYING AT BRANSON STAGECOACH RV PARK AGAIN, WHICH IS NEAR TABLE ROCK STATE PARK.

WE WALKED THE WALKING PATH AT TABLE ROCK ALMOST EVERY DAY. IT WAS INVIGORATING!! THE TREES ARE TURNING AND MAGGIE AND MARLEE LOVE WALKING THE PATH. AS THE SIGN SAYS "YOU ARE ALWAYS WELCOME IN MISSOURI STATE PARKS, THEY DO NOT CHARGE A FEE TO ENTER THE PARK, WHICH ALSO WAS REFRESHING.

 

 

WE MOSTLY JUST TOOK IT EASY HERE, WE WEREN'T INTERESTED IN GOING TO ANY OF THE SHOWS. I STARTED COOKING AGAIN, WHICH FELT GOOD AFTER NOT COOKING ALL SUMMER. WE SAW A SIGN ADVERTISING THEIR GRAPE AND FALL FESTIVAL, WE HAD TO CHECK THAT OUT.

 

 

 

IT WAS FUN, WE HAD LUNCH AND THERE WAS MUSIC, NICE AFTERNOON.

 

 

WE FOUND A DOG PARK FOR MAGGIE AND MARLEE.

 

 

 

 

THEY HAD A BLAST.....WE WERE THE ONLY ONES USING THE PARK!

 

 

 

MAGGIE HAD TO MAKE UP HER OWN GAMES, AS USUAL!!

 

 

WE SAW IN THE PAPER THE "BALLOONS OVER BRANSON  FESTIVAL" WAS GOING TO BE HELD  OVER THE WEEKEND, SO WE DECIDED TO STAY FOR THAT. IT STARTED FRIDAY EVENING. WHEN WE GOT THERE THERE WERE NO BALLOONS. THEY NEVER BROUGHT THE BALLOONS OUT UNTIL IT GOT DARK.

 

 

 

THE BALLOONS ARE BEAUTIFUL LIT AND THEY WERE GIVING TETHERED BALLOON RIDES.

BEFORE WE LEFT BRANSON WE WANTED TO WALK THE WHITE RIVER TRAIL, WE HAD WALKED THIS IN APRIL.

 

 

IT IS JUST A WALKING TRAIL THROUGH THE OZARKS....IT WAS SOOO...... FUN!!

 

 

 

AND TIRING.......WORE MYSELF OUT AND MAGGIE AND MARLEE!!!

 

WE ALSO VISITED THEIR FISH HATCHERY.

 

 

HUGE TROUT!!

 

 

ONE DAY WE DROVE OUT TO SILVER DOLLAR CITY, THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE HAVING A CRAFT FAIR OUT THERE, BUT NOT THIS DAY......THEY WERE CLOSED!!

 

 

 

WE ENJOYED THE AUTUMN LEAVES HERE, WE HAD ENJOYED THAT IN IOWA, IT WAS LIKE ENJOYING TWO AUTUMNS!!

 

 

 

WE WERE STARTING TO GET "HITCH ITCH". SO IT WAS OFF ON  ANOTHER ADVENTURE!!