Tuesday, May 27, 2008

May 26, More of Branson, MO

The Bear sits on the porch of the office of the Best American Camp Ground and enjoys the morning with one of the camp ground staff. He seems to enjoy this place. We are in the Ozark Mountains, and what a beautiful place. This camp ground is several miles off the freeway away form busy streets. It is secluded and quiet. A great place to get some rest until the lightning and thunder disturb one's sleep.
A family we met this morning at the RV Park told us we should come to the Historic Old Town of Branson. We planned to have breakfast out today and found this cafe. After breakfast we walked around a little then discovered that there is a Free Trolley to take us around this place. This is where is all started many years ago. All the big name performers and actors came her for relaxation and to participate in a community type theatre for their friend Mr. Owens.

A look at the interior of the cafe.

Our waitress, Ginger, Dan just can't leave until he documents the sign hanging just above his shoulder. The Breakfast was delicious, and the Cafe quite quaint, a pleasant experience.

One of the corners in Historic Old Town.

No exaggeration! This place is filled with all kinds of clocks. What an interesting shop.

Wow! Can't even imagine the hours of work that went into this one. Obviously, a hunting theme. The sale price is pretty hefty, too.

The "Five and Dime Store" in Historic Old Town still carries many of the same items as when there were such stores in every town of reasonable size across America. The inside is huge and packed with merchandise. It would be possible to get lost in there.

A restaurant on the river bank. It would have made a better photo if the scaffolding and banner were not surrounding the entrance.

Here is another Bass Pro Shop "Outdoor World" store. This one just as spectacular, but not as large, as the one in Oklahoma City. This old truck caught our attention.

The south end of the Historic Old Town Mall. This is an outdoor mall, not huge building enclosing all of the shops, so it is more like a street in a town.

Lake Tanneycomo at Historic Old Town Mall.

The paddle wheeled river boat which takes tourists for a tour of the lake.

This is a nice camp ground, but we leave tomorrow. The Bear takes in a last view of the area before retiring for the night.

Finally some glimpses of blue sky, and the rays of the sun pushing through the clouds, but we still haven't actually seen the sun unobstructed by clouds. The storm clouds have come rolling in again and it is raining again as we go to sleep.

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