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Riding in Branson was a lot of fun |
Last night was probably the best night we've had so far on the trip. It was still cool however not nearly as bad as before. I finally got to shed my jacket the previous day and Laura and I had made a bond fire in our handy fire ring. I found a piece of wood nearby that looked like it had been sitting around for awhile. It must of been from a pretty hard tree because it never did finish burning. We eventually had to pour water on it in order to go to bed.
First thing this morning, before Laura even got up, I jumped on the wing and took it out for a nice ride. The previous day I had taken a long loop ride on the bike to try and find an autoparts store. I was pretty amazed that I was able to find none. The Bass Pro Shop amazingly didn't have anything near what I was looking for either. I have made a decision to just take the plunge and buy the cheap-o battery charger from Wal-Mart and move on. So off I went to Wal-Mart to get the charger. It was an amazing ride into town. There is one spot where you turn off one highway and onto another and the grade takes you straight down (or up depending on which way you're going).
Upon returning to camp Laura was already awake. I put the cheap-o battery charger on the battery and we planned our day. While I was out I had noticed that the butterfly garden (something she really loves) had apparently moved. They were now in a brand new building up on the hill. I figured we'd have to make a trip there to see them. I had wanted to see the new Titanic deal which was also new (since we've been there anyway).
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The new Titanic Dealie 1/4 scale of the original |
We decided first to hit the Titanic (why not the ice berg does too). We both enjoyed our tour (Laura more than me). I was thinking that there would be more artifacts recovered from the actual wreck. To me it was mostly artifacts taken before it sank. They had a nice detailed room complete with model of the ship wreck as it sits to date and I spent quite a bit of time there. They also had a room dedicated to the movie.
The butterfly house was fun too. Before you go in they stick you in this room with these 3-D glasses so you can watch this cheesy film about this bug who they try to get you to fall in love with. Then in the end...well I'm not going to spoil the movie for you. I'll let you catch it at your nearest Branson butterly palace movie theatre near you.
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Watching the cheesy 3-D film at the butterfly house |
We had lunch at this nifty Italian place called The Pasta House and dinner at a place called Dockers. Both places are joints we like to visit when we go to Branson. We hit them both in the same day. Imagine that. We made a stop into Walgreens for supplies and eventually a stop again at Wal-Mart where we jointly decided to purcase a porti-potti for the camper. This thing was like a 5 gallon bucket with a seat on top. You might try and imagine us heading back to camp on the 1500 holding on to that thing. It was an interesting ride to say the least but we got it done.
After returning to camp from an all day event we took a hiking trail, which orginated right next to our campsite, which turned out to be a hike straight down to the bottom of a long hill. We could hear the steam engine at Silver Dollar City off in the distance. I haven't been there in a long time. Anyway, at the bottom of the hill was a large clearing with a dump truck parked in it (of all things to find). This is where we found a wild turkey which Laura nearly stepped on before it flew out of its hiding place. I'm pretty sure all underwear stayed in tact after that.
Right before sunset we returned back to camp and prepared for our next days journey. We were planning on heading south via HWY 7 and dig for gems. I think we were both looking forward to that. There was much to be done with getting camp ready for a smooth breakdown (way way smoother than last time which turned out to be horrid).
TO BE CONTINUED...