Branson, Missouri Day 1

On Haley's 5th birthday (August 12), we left for our 2nd summer trip and this one was 15 hours south to Branson, Missouri. We took my Mom with us and drove through the night on the way there. After driving through the night, we had breakfast at IHOP in Omaha, Nebraska. FYI: they have tasty omelettes. I enjoyed seeing all of the signs for the different states as we entered, especially because we had never been to Nebraska, Kansas or Missouri before! I also like their big water towers. On August 7, just 6 days before we were there, a 10-year-old boy died on this waterslide (Verrukt) at Schlitterbahn water park in Kansas City. He flew off of the raft and was decapitated on the wire mesh around the slide. It is the world's tallest waterslide, at 168 feet, or 17 storeys, which is taller than Niagara Falls and the Statue of Liberty. I was horrified when I saw the news story pop up on The Weather Network app on my phone. I didn't think we would see it, especially so close to when the tragedy took place but when we left for Branson, we discovered it was a small detour to go see it, so we did. The slide is going to be torn down. There looked to be dead tree trunks in the water, which we were puzzled about. The scenery got very green and hilly which we really enjoyed! We went over this bridge every day when entering and exiting Branson, as our resort was on the outskirts of Branson. Branson had temperatures of +35 and hotter for much of July, but thankfully it cooled off and was around +28 most of the week we were there, which was perfect! It was also calling for rain for much of the week when we were there, but thankfully there was hardly any rain and we were able to do all of the outdoor activities we had planned! That happened on both of our trips this summer and it was a gift from the Lord!