So, over 6 months later, I am finally taking time to continue blogging about our trip in August. I've spent the past month uploading our photos to Google Photos and so far I have uploaded 5 years worth and have another 5 years to go. So, we drove through the night to get to Branson and spent the first day and a half just relaxing and doing a bit of exploring. Our first supper in Branson, we chose Cracker Barrel which is always fantastic! I had meatloaf, chicken and dumplings, ham, mac and cheese, sweet potato with butter and brown sugar, fried apples, a cornbread muffin and a warm biscuit with jam. It was a feast in my mouth! During our second day there (Sunday, August 14), we went swimming during the day and I read my Karen Kingsbury book on the deck. We went to pick up the tickets for the Moses show that my Mom and I had decided to go to. We ended up at a place that sold tickets for a whole bunch of other shows at 75% off, which we were really excited about, but then found out that we would have to go to a timeshare presentation to get them. We had heard horror stories about timeshare presentations but decided that we really wanted to see these 2 other shows and we didn't have a lot of extra cash to spend, so we decided to go for it. That story I will continue another day. I picked Mel's Hard Luck Diner to go to for supper, which ended up being my absolute favorite restaurant in Branson! It is a 50's diner where the waiters and waitresses sing. SO fun!! They were quite talented, too. Their albums were available for purchase in their gift shop and they were displayed on each table so we could request a song if we wanted to.
This was outside the restaurant. There was a gift shop and a pretty courtyard area.
The burgers were massive and we asked for 3 kid-size pop drinks with their meals and soon regretted that. They were HUMONGOUS!
I enjoyed the decor.
I saw on one of our waitress' albums that she sings "Let It Go." I was secretly hoping, for Haley's sake, that someone would request that song but I was too embarrassed to request it myself. Sure enough, someone did, and Haley was thrilled! She came and sung to her which was super cute!
I liked the jukebox, too.
Branson has been nicknamed "Little Nashville" as there are so many music shows, a lot of which are country music. I've never been to Vegas, but part of it reminded me of it in that there is definitely a "strip" where there are many attractions and bright lights, although much more family friendly. Branson is in the Bible belt of the States, which I think is wonderful! I heard one of the waitresses talking with a customer about which church she goes to and how they knew mutual people and that was neat.
I like how their water tower is lit up at night.
That's a sneak peek of Branson! Hopefully I'll post again before it's another 6 months!
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