Sunday, October 20, 2019 - Early Morning Travels; Meet up with Jarred & Family in Branson; Breakfast Out...Whoops, We Settled For Something Else; Walmart Run; Catching Up & Resting
I was up at 4:45, started the coffee, then began putting things away in the kitchen/living area while Dean was still sleeping. He was up by 5:30 though, so I went upstairs and made the bed. While I was there I moved the TV from the dresser to the bed, and packed up the two pictures that are not permanently attached to a wall somewhere. After making sure everything was done up there, I moved to the bathroom, where I secured the shower doors and a few other things in preparation for our move.
I enjoyed another cup of coffee before changing into my jeans and flannel shirt, then finished the rest of the packing. Dean headed outside to take up the water lines and store everything.
It was 7:30 when he pulled out of the campground and I left 15 minutes earlier. When I arrive at Treasure Lake I can check us in and get a number for the campsite. I'll let him know where it is, so he doesn't have to drive around looking for a site pulling the RV.
The drive was a little rough - as it was very, very foggy with the sun shining so bright it was difficult to see at times. I can't believe how people fly down the highway going every bit of 70+ with no lights on in heavy fog. Several miles down the road it let up a bit, but after I turned south on 65 towards Branson we ran into really heavy fog just past Ozark. By the time we were near Branson I had to watch carefully for the exit signs. Fortunately, once we made it to the city streets it pretty much cleared. I stopped at the office when I arrived where I paid for 10 days, got our key card to get in and out of the park, and a number to hang at our site to show it is reserved. Dean called me not too long after I was making my way through the park looking for a site. I finally settled on site 200 which is pretty close to the cabin where our friends David and Donna will be staying later this week.
The park is very full. This weekend is the annual business meeting for Treasure Lake owners. Other than some of the summer holidays I think it is the busiest week of the year. They have a lot of activities going on for Halloween, which also brings many RVer's in for the weekends. I'm glad we arrived so early this morning or it may have been difficult finding a spot.
Jarred (Dean's youngest son), wife Andrea and daughter Emerson have been here in Branson for a few days. They drove to the park and we met them at the office so we could visit before they headed back to Wichita. Even though it was a short visit, we sure enjoyed seeing them.
When they left we headed to Cracker Barrel, thinking a late breakfast - ha! The line outside of folks waiting to go in reminded me of the lines we used to wait in at Lambert's. We are hungry - now! As we reached the strip (76 Highway) we noticed I-Hop had the same lines. Since it was almost 11am by now, I suggested we try the Steak and Shake nearby and Dean agreed. We like this one in particular as it's not on a major road so not as noticeable to visitors. Sure enough, it didn't have a crowd. The burgers we ordered were great but we were disappointed in the fries. While they were warm, you could tell they had been warming for awhile - they were a little rubbery. This is the first time we've encountered that at a Steak and Shake. I hope it was a random thing!
We made a quick run to Walmart. I ran out of vinegar and I need to do some laundry tomorrow. We are resting today. Tomorrow I need to finish the laundry that accumulated while we were in Carthage last week. I also need to make some phone calls, file some papers and follow up on a few other things. I spent the afternoon getting the blog up to date. My sister Jody sent me a text this afternoon that she was not getting the blog updates. There are 8-9 people that do not use Facebook or have an email or do not check their emails often, so I send them a link to the blog in a text message. Jody is one, as well as my step-brother Mike. I sent links to all of the blog posts from October 1 to yesterday. Not too long afterwards I received a text from Mike telling me thank you. I've been meaning to call him, so I decided now was a good time and an hour later we finally hung up. Too many things to talk about when you wait so long between phone calls, right?
We had a quick meal, warming up the white chicken chili I made yesterday. It sure tasted good. Once I had cleaned up from our meal, we decided to take a ride. We left Treasure Lake on 248, where we caught 76 just a bit west, then drove the strip (76 Highway) all the way to Branson Landing, where we caught 248 north of town and took it back to Treasure Lake. I hardly ever drive at night and when I do it's usually in Oswego, where there isn't much traffic. The only consolation tonight: I could drive fairly slow and it wasn't too busy. Everyone must have been at the shows tonight! Dean enjoyed it though, as he had a chance to actually look around and see things versus concentrating on driving. I will drive during the day since we have the car, and he can do any night driving for the rest of this trip. I don't know if it's the start of the cataract in my left eye or not, but I do not recall car lights bothering me as much as they did last night.
Back at home, Dean watched a little TV and as what seems to becoming a habit for me lately, I fell asleep. Now you know why I wake up so early in the morning - I get part of my sleep before I go to bed. Lol!
Sorry no pictures today. It's hard to take any if I am driving.
I pray you each had a wonderful day.
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