Ozark Country

We arrived Saturday at the Ozark Country Campground in Branson, Missouri about mid afternoon. It is a newer campground with nice sites, so we settled in and Paul had no trouble unhitching. It is a Passport America campground that we would definitely recommend.

If we had checked the topological maps, we would have realized that Branson is in the Ozark Mountains. The whole village is on rather steep hills – think I should trade my truck for a mountain goat while I’m here! Getting here on US 65 through Arkansas was a test of our GMC diesel’s capabilities – it never missed a beat going uphill, and the engine really held it back on the steep downhills. The road was too curvy for Jane to read so she slept and enjoyed the scenery.

After a dinner of ribs & catfish at Shorty Small’s restaurant, we headed to the Caravelle Theater to see the Rankin Brothers perform. A super high-energy performance of songs from the 50’s to the 80’s. See our pictures at : http://picasaweb.google.com/pjkralik/

On Sunday we found the one Catholic Church in Branson and were surprised to learn that only 5% of the population in this area is Catholic. After church we drove to Table Rock Dam and Table Rock State Park and Marina. The state park has full hook-ups for RV’s complete with concrete pads for the rig plus a small patio – a very nice facility. Late in the afternoon, we headed over to Dolly Parton’s Dixie Stampede dinner show. It was great fun – especially eating with no utensils!!

We learned today that we won’t be seeing the Denny Yeary show – the free tickets we won at the Neil Diamond Tribute in Harlingen. Denny’s show doesn’t start until April 19 and Diana Lynn was unable to substitute other tickets for us since we are only here until Tuesday morning. So tomorrow we will hit the outlet mall for our last U.S. shopping trip and then we will find a show for tomorrow night. There are plenty of choices – it just depends what type of show we would like to see.