After our day of rest yesterday, we thought we would drive up to Silver Dollar City today, which is sort of on the northwest end of Branson. We didn't really know what Silver Dollar City was about, but after hunting down the post office on the east end of town, we headed across town. However, when we got to Silver Dollar City, got parked and waited for the shuttle, it started to rain. When we got to the ticket booth, we learned it was $56 each, and it was still raining. We could see a roller coaster, but nothing else -- we think it is a miniature Six Flags type place, and lots of shops, and a 90-minute show, but we decided not to spend the money to enter. Joe needed Cody for the roller coaster, and he wasn't sure how much walking he could do, so we left there and drove on past it out to Indian Point, where there is another marina and campground. We learned the campground is federal (U.S. Corp of Engineers), so it would have cost us $11/night there, but they only had electric and water at the sites, and it is further from downtown where we spend most of our time because that's where most of the shows are. However, it's something to think about next time we are here, and we will probably come here again.
On our trip to town, we came past a great overlook of the town, the valley, the river and in the distance, the dam. It's very hilly in this part of Missouri, but also very pretty. But when the sun bursts through the clouds, it heats up in a hurry.
On our way back to camp, we stopped at a little restaurant for lunch, and Joe had one of the best breaded pork tenderloin sandwiches he ever had. It quit raining about the time we got back to the RV, so I decided to do some laundry. This campground is really nice, we are in a full hook-up spot, we have wifi (but the signal isn't very strong), and it even has a couple of laundry buildings. State campgrounds have come a long way over the last 10 years. There is only one washer and one dryer in the one beside us, but I did make use of it. And I got to use my laundry cart for the first time! It was perfect, exactly what I needed.
Tonight's show was the Rankin Bros., the show we came for. And it was wonderful. Of all the shows we've seen here both times, the Rankins are my favorite. It was quite a bit different from the show we saw 2 years ago, but it was excellent, and they are very talented singers. I spoke to one of them after the show and told him they need to come to Arizona.
Hitting the road in the a.m. Tomorrow night we should be somewhere in Oklahoma.
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