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Tuesday, December 15, 2015

TIME FOR A GETAWAY .. BRANSON HERE WE COME!!!


November 18th Ken and I filled our Equinox with luggage and set off for a few days in Branson, Missouri.  We wanted to see the lights and enjoy the festivities at Silver Dollar City.   We were meeting up with Pat and Rich, friends from the Bread Company Bunch, at Dottie's Restaurant in Cuba, Missouri for Breakfast around 9:00.   



 After enjoying our delicious Breakfast .. French Toast for Rich and I and Waffles for Ken and Pat .. and visiting a while Pat and Rich took off for Branson and Ken and I took off for an Antique Store the waitress had given us directions to!!!  We would meet up again later at the Savannah House Hotel in Branson .. this would be our "home away from home" for a few days!!!

 Old Crow Antiques .. 10:34


Ah Oh .. we may be in trouble .. there's a second Antique Mall here ..


We had already missed "HALF-CROCKED ANTIQUES" .. it was in Bourbon and we passed that area a few miles back.  I saw the sign as we were going through but it was on the wrong side of the highway!!!  We'll stop there on our way back home!!!  I liked this sign they had put in one of the booths in this antique store!!!  I took a picture of the sign so I could find it on my phone and we could remember where it was on the way back .. LOL!!! 


Everybody won't find this next picture interesting .. but my son-in-law, Mike, built one of these contraptions AND uses it .. I thought he would enjoying seeing a picture of an oldie oldie version of his new contraption ..



This next picture was also taken for my son-in-law .. he is also into blacksmithing and I was sure he would find this cone anvil very interesting .. 



It's a bit pricey though!!! 

I liked the way this store was set up ..

Could have taken a hundred pictures here but I resisted!!


Ken liked the Penquin on the sled .. me .. not so much!!!   


I sure liked this set of bird houses though!!!  I'm thinking I'll be trying to get a certain someone to make me a setup just like this one!!! 

After an hour or so we venture on to the second store .. 11:48



Needless to say I like the way this one is set up too ..




Once again I could have taken a hundred pictures!!!  These two places I will want to stop at every time we go to Branson!!!!  Ssshhhh .. Don't tell Ken!!!! 



2;00 -2;55  Several miles down the road we spotted a sign for "Jonesy's Antiques" .. don't remember the name of the town but we got off the highway and checked the place out ..



This is one of those Antique stores that is more like a combination resale / flea market place.  Didn't find anything here. 

5:00 .. we make it to Branson at last!!!  First stop .. Andy William's Theater .. "Moon River"!  We had ordered tickets for this night's Lennon Sisters / Osmond Brothers Christmas Show and had to stop and pick them up.  We would be coming back for the 8:00 show!!! 



5:50 .. Savannah House at last!!!


I had gotten a text message from Pat and they had arrived there just a little bit before us !!!  We had a little time for sprucing up and relaxing a bit before we headed back to "Moon River" for the show!!! 


Taking pictures was NOT ALLOWED .. but I snapped just a few!!!   




I found a few videos on You Tube from their 2014 Christmas show .. click on the links below to check them out .. they did these songs this year too .. but their outfits were different!!!
This was a late night for us .. we didn't get back to the Savannah House until about 11:00 .. we thought the Cobbler and Ice Cream and Cookies would surely all be gone but there was plenty left!!  
We were up bright and early on the 19th .. we wanted time to eat a delicious HOT Savannah House Breakfast before going to the Hughes Brothers Christmas Show!!!  Breakfast at the Savannah House is a good one .. Scrambled Eggs, Sausage Patties, Home Fries, Biscuits, Sausage Gravy, Cookies, Krispy Kreme Donuts AND you can make yourself a Belgian Waffle is you so choose!!! 
HUGHES BROTHERS THEATER .. 



I guess you can tell I was impressed by the lighted stairway .. LOL!!!




























This was a wonderful Christmas show!!!  I even enjoyed it more than the Lennon Sisters / Osmond Brothers show!!!  If you ever go to Branson this is a show worth seeing!!! 


Silver Dollar City at last!!!! 


The first thing you see when you get off the shuttle from the parking lot!!! 
We went to our rooms and took time to rest up a little before heading for the hills and hollers of Silver Dollar City!!!  We arrived around 4:00 and it wasn't long before we started looking for a bite to eat!!!  BBQ at "The Ribhouse Grill" sounded pretty tasty ..


We found a furry friend at "The Ribhouse"  ..


The proprietress of the place said not to feed it your French Fries because it would start pestering you to get your Fries .. we didn't feed it any but some ladies at another table kept tossing things other than Fries to it and the squirrel would check out whatever they tossed but wouldn't eat it .. the proprietress said French Fries were the only ting it would eat!!! 



Our next stop was the "Opera House" to see Dicken's "Christmas Carole"!!














It's 5:00 and we've got a while to go before time for the next show .. we do some walking .. and walking .. and walking .. 



How about trying one of Flossie's  Funnel Cakes and sitting for a while????




Besides these giant Powdered Sugar Funnel Cakes Flossie also makes Funnel Cakes with Caramel and Chocolate drizzled over them AND a Red Velvet Funnel Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting .. Flossie's is a popular place!!! 


The lady at the table next to us was kind enough to take a picture of the motley crew!!!













The Christmas Store ..



8:00 .. time for the parade!!!!  Be patient ..like a dufus I held my camera sideways for the first part of the parade .. I finally realize this is going to make the video sideways and turn it the right way!!! 

Timing worked out great .. the theater where they were performing "It's A Wonderful Life" was just a short ways from where we were standing to watch the parade .. and we got right into the theater just a short while before the beginning of the performance!!! 







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Branson Belle 3:40




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November 21 .. 9:21 .. our stay at the Savannah House is over ..


Yep we checked it out ..


11:45  Bourbon / Conway?  Very windy .. very cold .. 36 degrees!!!





Half Crocked Antiques .. Bourbon .. 1:45










 last pic taken here 2:42

















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