Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Visitng Branson with Mom and Dad










Several years ago Mom and Dad bought a timeshare in Branson, MO through Westgate Resorts. They have really enjoyed their trips to Branson and have always invited us "boys" to come along on their trip. Well this year, with Brenda and I as empty nesters, we took them up on their offer and are joining them in Branson.

Branson is located at the southern end of Missouri and is in a beautiful area of rolling hills. It was just a sleepy town until the Presley family opened their country music variety show in 1967. In the last 40 years, it has become a destination vacation spot with a wide variety of music and variety shows on the "strip" and every additional vacation attraction you could want.

We drove separately since Brenda and I need to leave on Thursday and we will be visiting clients who live in Fulton, MO. Mom and Dad have arranged a busy four day visit for us. Yesterday we toured Branson and visited historic Branson. In the evening we viewed the Branson musical fountain along the river front. Today we have tickets for two shows: "Six" which is a amazing vocal group and The Oak Ridge Boys.

I will give you an overview of the shows tomorrow.