Monday, July 30, 2018 - Breakfast Burritos; Miniature Golf; Dolly Parton's Stampede; Family Leaves; Chiropractic Treatment

Monday, July 30, 2018 - Breakfast Burritos; Miniature Golf; Dolly Parton's Stampede; Family Leaves; Chiropractic Treatment

I was so tired last night that I left my phone in the living area, and forgot to put it on the charger, but my alarm still went off at 5:00 this morning.  I jumped out of bed and hurried downstairs to turn it off.  I doubt it would wake Dean, but I didn't want to take the chance that it might.  I turned on the coffee and my laptop and soon was enjoying my first cup of coffee!

I told Misti and the kids last night that I was making breakfast burritos for breakfast this morning and their eyes lit up.  It makes a "Nana's" heart feel good when that happens!  Misti sent me a text when she got up so I would know when to start them.  Dean helped me by fixing the hash browns while I prepared everything else.  It was about 9:00 when we walked over with the burritos, tabasco and apple juice.  I can't remember the last time I made these, and I have to admit they were really good....and in no time they were gone!

We visited for awhile, and finally decided we would play miniature golf at Pirate's Cove.  

Our pirate ship is waiting.....

Love this picture!

Eeek!!!  My hair almost blends in with this grey rock!  But...I love this picture with me and two of my favorite people.

By the time we finished, we only had an hour or so until we needed to be at the Stampede, making sure we allowed enough time to park, look around, turn our receipt in for our tickets and find our seats.  On the way there Dean asked me if I had the receipt.  Guess what, it was still at the RV.  Fortunately, we were able to stop by the RV and make it to the Stampeded in sufficient time.

Once we obtained our tickets, we entered a large area where there was seating both on the floor and an upper deck.  On the floor there was a large stage in the middle of the floor seating.  We set right at the edge of the stage where we had a table if we chose to have food or drink. Goldwing Express provided about 45 minutes of great entertainment.  I've heard many good comments about this band.  We almost went to see them perform while we were in South Texas earlier this year but for some reason we decided not to go.  When I heard they were the band that would be performing for the pre-show, I was thrilled for another opportunity.

They were amazing and I would definitely love to see them in a full concert.  They play bluegrass and infuse it into all of their music, which was a nice touch!  They sang a variety of songs from different genres.  They were fun to watch, fun to listen to and they appeared to really be enjoying themselves.

If you are interested in learning more about this group you can check out their website here.

Once their show ended, we were moved in to the large arena where we were seated at tables.  They wasted no time in getting the show started and the food coming.  We were on the "South" side.  There were a number of different contests between the North and South sides throughout the show, and our side ended up winning.  

Our waiter, Shey started by bringing out drinks - coke, ice tea, lemonade or water.  Next we were served soup in a handled bowl that allowed us to drink from it.  It was very good, and even better when they brought a yummy biscuit that we could sop up the last of the soup with.  Dean and I had been here before, but I was still surprised at the size of the cornish hens we were each provided - and they were delicious, followed by a roasted potato, corn on the cob, and a slice of pork loin.  As if that wasn't enough, we were served huge apple turnovers for dessert.  Dean and I brought home most of our cornish hens and I'll use that meat to make a meal or two for us later this week, along with a couple of pieces of pork loin and one potato.  

The show was very good and I couldn't help but think of our two grandkids Dacy and Tucker as we watched these young men and women ride their horses and do various patterns, some were similar to what we watch when we attend the grandkids events.  You could tell these young people had most likely participated in 4-H or some sort of horse training over the years.  They were very good.  

Here are just a few of the many pictures I took:

Part of the scenery.

Notice the change in the background changes here.  Covered wagons representing both the "North" & the "South".

Trick rider on two horses.  She was very good!

The two buffalo in the front, ran into the center of the arena, and just fell down and rolled around in the sand/saw dust.  It was almost like they were trained to put on a show for us .  I think this was one of the best parts of the entire show.

Covered Wagons

Square Dancing

Logan - our grandson

Haleigh - our granddaughter

We had a great time at the "Stampede"; and now we needed to get back to Treasure Island.  The kids need to head back home and I have a chiropractic treatment at 5:30.  We hated to see them go and sent prayers for a safe journey home.  It started raining not too long after they left so we are glad to know God is watching over them in their travels.

My treatment went well.  I am going to have one more treatment tomorrow after we return from Dean's Dr. appointment in Springfield.  My back is feeling great but I'm not sure when I'll have a chance to have another treatment so I'm going to take advantage of it.

We returned to Bentley and I've been working on blog posts ever since.  At 10:00, we are still full from our lunch at 3:00 this afternoon.  I pray your day has been as good as ours.  Thanks for following along.