Sunday, August 16, 2009

Branson

Joe and I went to Branson Missouri this week. We enjoyed our lake cruise. I now am the proud owner of a Merchant Marine license I earned from driving the ship!

The musical group "SIX" is composed of six brothers. They don't use any music, sound tracks, back-up singers, or instruments. They even make all their own instrument sounds using their voices. It was incredible, I've never heard anything like it.

Jim Stafford was a waste of time. His jokes were so bad they were making fun of them in other shows. He also had a 3-D movie that looked like my sixth graders made it. It was sad.


The Kirby and Bambi magician show was excellent. Their illusions looked so real. At the end of the show he made a helicopter appear on stage. I'd never seen anything like that. How did he do it?
Surprisingly, the Presleys' show was one of the best in Branson. They are an extremely talented family, great set, great costumes, great entertainment. I loved their show.
Of course, we had to see the Roy Rogers show again. His son, Dusty, does the show. We saw it last time we went and enjoyed it so much we had to see it again.
We discovered the original Beverly Hillbilly's car used in the television show. It was in a museum in Branson.
It was a great ending to a fun summer.


Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Piute Trail Trip



Joe and I had our annual Piute Trail trip this past weekend. We decided to leave Sunday after church for the cabin. Early Monday morning we got the 4 wheeler out and hit the trail.


Joe found a live diamond back rattlesnake by the side of the road and decided to have a sword fight with it using a short stick. He wanted me to get closer to take a picture, but I wanted to stay as far away from that snake as possible!

We took a side trail and ran into this beautiful rock formation called Castle Rock in Castle Rock campground. It was incredible and made a great ending for our trip.