Branson, Missouri

On Saturday morning we pulled out of the Outdoor Resorts and headed north to Branson. We had reservations at a RV Park that is just off the main strip (Hwy 76) where we have stayed before. First order of business was to tour the Titanic exhibit. We have been to Branson twice since the Titanic exhibit was built but have not had to chance to visit it. The building itself is built as a one-third version of the ship. It is billed as the largest museum in the world with over 2000 displays. (I would have to question this since we have toured several Navy ships that have been converted to museums, including the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown.) The exhibit was very interesting and included a two-thirds model of the ships grand staircase. The only disappointment was that no photography was allowed inside the museum.

Saturday evening we stopped at the Uptown Diner, a 50's style diner, for a good old fashioned meal before heading to The Osmond Brother's Theatre for a show. The Osmonds were not in town but the show, Magnificent Variety, was performing in their theatre. This was an outstanding music show, showcasing the music of seven decades from the 1940's to the present. In addition to the band the troop consisted of nine performers, including the husband and wife team who lead the show. Overall they had 300 costume changes during the show. Here is "Sonny and Cher" doing the song "I've got you Babe".

On Sunday we managed to do some shopping. Joanne made her regular trek to the outlet malls to her favorite store, Bon Worths. In Branson there are two outlet malls and each of them has a Bon Worths so we did make both of them. While she shopped at the first one I made my way to a Wal Mart to get some stuff to do some minor repairs to the coach. After a relaxing afternoon at the coach we headed out to another show, this one a play. It was a musical production with all the music written by Neil Sedaka. There was a cast of six plus an on stage band. It was an enjoyable evening of good music. (Here, the lead character, Del Delmonico, opens the show.) Monday morning saw us back on the road with our return trip home.