Vacation

We are in Day 5 of our summer vacation.

Day 1 of our vacation was spent in SW Missouri. I had always wanted to visit a couple of areas close to Joplin but had not had a chance to see. After a trip to Walmart in Joplin we were off to the George Washington Carver National Monument in Diamond, Missouri. It was a beautiful place. We enjoyed the mile hike around the trails. We toured the lake, the house and cemetery. The Visitor's Center gave a great history on Carver's life.

The next stop was Roaring River State Park. We enjoyed the tour of the fish hatchery and walking the river. The spring and cave was impressive as well. I bet there were a thousand people on the river fishing on Saturday afternoon.

Our next stop was Branson. We enjoyed some shopping and a late movie. I took Deb to see "Letters to Juliet", a chick flick. She enjoyed it.

On Sunday, we enjoyed our usual trip to the Branson Church of Christ where Brian and Allison met us for worship. After worship we went shopping and ate a great Italian meal at Florentinos. It's a new restaurant on Green Mountain Road behind the Radisson Hotel. We then went to see the Haygoods' show. It was very good. After the show Brian had to have Maggie Moo's. Wish I hadn't ate all that chocolate. The caffeine kept me up all night.

Monday we spent at Silver Dollar City. It wasn't very crowded and not too hot. After we left we had pizza by the pool and the played mini golf before turning in for the night.

Debbie and I got up on Tuesday and headed to Berryville, Arkansas, to play golf at our favorite course, Carroll County Country Club. We played 36 holes. Brian and Allison hit the Titanic exhibit in Branson before heading home. We spent the night at our usual motel in Eureka Springs, the Apple Blossom Inn.

Today we played golf again at Berryville then hit Bubbas BQ for dinner. We played 40 holes of golf before a rain shower came through cooling things down.

Tomorrow we head towards NW Arkansas.