Branson Day 5

This was the day that we went back to the Silver Dollar City theme park. As it was a tad bit on the cool side our first day there and hot and sunny on this day, we went on the water rides this time. There was one ride where you are on a boat and you have water guns that can shoot quite far and hit either the other boats going down the river or people standing along the ride watching. Also, there were water guns along the path next to the ride that bystanders could use to shoot the people on the ride. So essentially, you're having water gun fights with complete strangers! There was a man along the path who started shooting us and soaking us, so my Mom and I teamed up and just started spraying him as much as we could. He tried to keep spraying us back but was getting hosed so badly that he had to turn around and run away. I laughed SO hard and the man was laughing, too. That was definitely a highlight. Just pure fun!

That afternoon, we decided to try to get into the cave tour. There used to not be a theme park there and there was just a cave that a man opened up as a tourist attraction in 1894. It later turned into a theme park in 1960 and the park was literally built around the cave. The Marvel Cave goes 500 feet below the surface of the earth, it takes about an hour to tour and involves 600 stairs! At first, we didn't make it in as they have a maximum number of people that they take at one time. Once they started to explain how the cave works and the amount of stairs you will climb, they give the opportunity for people to back out. Some people did, so we got in! Unfortunately, I didn't bring my camera as we made it our goal to not have to carry stuff around all day, but the cave was incredible! Our kids did really well, too, which made it that much more enjoyable. Once you're at the bottom of the cave, there is a cable train that takes you back up to the top.

Once we were done at Silver Dollar City, we went to Ruby Tuesday's for supper. They had a deal where you could order steak, chicken or ribs (I chose ribs), unlimited salad bar, 2 sides and a dessert for $12.99! AMAZING! We had to rush, though, because we all had tickets to see The Acrobats of Shanghai, which we scored when we went to the timeshare presentation. It was a fantastic show and I was blown away by their talent!

This was a building in downtown Branson. We drove through this intersection several times during our stay there. The scenery was beautiful. The ways a body can bend! Flipping through hoops I can't remember how many hula hoops she had, but it was a lot and she did quite a few tricks with them! These guys were skipping while building a pyramid! She looked like she was going to drop!

They were juggling/switching hats with each other while forming part of a pyramid

These are blurry because they were moving around so much but they did some incredible tricks on those bikes! How many people can you fit onto one bike? After the show, Haley lay down on the sidewalk and tried to do some contortions, which was very amusing! Blake was falling asleep toward the end of the show, as it was late but overall, it was greatly enjoyed by everyone!