The Jingle Jangle

The beautiful city of Branson, Missouri. What a crazy place that is in the middle of nothing. This entertainment capital of ole Mizzoura is a sight to see! Given that it is pretty much geared towards the oldies and non-partying type, we read a description of it as - Las Vegas, if Ned Flanders ran it. Amen to that!

Branson, as I know it, was first brought to my attention when I moved to Sheridan, MT. We were doing our 7th grade play or something of the sorts and it was a Christmas musical about something, its all pretty vague, except for the part where we sing ... "We're going to Branson! Miiisssouri !" So I figure we go check it out while we were travelling down, as it was on our wall and all. I'm sure glad we came to check it out! There are numerous famous attractions like Dolly Parton's Dixie Stampede, Dick Clark's American Band Stand, the Hollywood wax museum, and on and on ...

One of our favorite sights was the Titanic hotel/theater. It had an almost life size boat with a big ole glacier next to it as the entrance. The feature show at this place was, "The Dogs of the Titanic", a show about the 10 dogs that were known to be on the Titanic on its maiden/last voyage across the deep blue sea. I bet it was a fantastic show that we wished we could waste money to see! But we're cheap now, as we are on the last legs of our trip. We found a hotel room for $30 a night and that's our entertainment ... cable television and microwave dinners!

There were so many odd ball attractions here, tons of miniature golf places, and our favorite ... good, cheap buffets! We managed to go to the Grand Country Buffet, which was $7 for all you can eat! If you plan it right (10:00 am) you can eat right into their lunch buffet which gives you even more options and pretty decent food! Right up our alley, even though it doesn't compare to the Bellagio's buffet but the price is right and the food is hot and filling!

As we weren't able to do much as way of attractions, Branson is a place where all the good people come to see a good show and spend some good money while doing it. They had plenty of cheap motels and buffets like Vegas, but no debauchery and people of the night lurking around. If you need a job, go to Branson. Everybody was hiring, and we figure if worse comes to worse we can just move there and have steady work forever!

Going to Arkansas next. Time to see an old friend and meet some new people! Apparently Mountain View, AR is the folk capital of the world! Can't wait to see it, and dink around in the Ozarks ... so until then ... keep it in perspective.