We
discovered that the first shuttle to the old town of Eureka Springs did not
show up at the park until 10:15 so we all went in Bill’s truck to find “the
world’s largest tuned wind chime”. After
taking pictures, we went to an information center and found we would still be
waiting for a “yellow” shuttle until 10.
We changed to the “red” shuttle in town and took a tour around the town
and then stayed on the shuttle and got off at a stop up the hill so we could
walk downhill & shop.
We
caught a “blue” shuttle back to the truck at the info center and stopped at
Pizza Hut for lunch. We were an hour
late – after 1:00 – checking out of the RV park to head to Branson MO. The GPS took us on a winding route. The last time we drove from Branson to Eureka
Springs we took a longer, straighter route and should have done so this
time. The map did not indicate the
number of sharp, slow corners.
We
checked into the Ozark County Campground and parked in 3 side-by-side pull thrus. The park personnel were wonderful and we are
looking forward to spending a week here.
I immediately filled all 4 washers in the laundry room with clothes
while Terry went to pick up some tickets and fill a propane tank. I put in my 5th load of laundry
and stayed while everything dried. Terry
showed up in time to help carry it all back.
The others went grocery shopping and then they did laundry. They all came over for a short visit before
dinner which ended up being burritos made by Georgia and a quesadilla that I
made.
It
was warm when we arrived so we changed into shorts & sandals. By the time we finished dinner and sat
visiting for a while, it was breezy and we were ready to move inside. It was also after 9 so we opened windows and
turned on the TV to choose from the 49 cable channels available here in the
park.
Apr 18th – Thurs
We
had a huge storm last night – rain, lightning & great rolls of
thunder. Terry turned on the TV to the
weather channel at 4:00 AM and added tornado warnings to the mix! When we checked in here, we were told to head
to the concrete block laundry/washroom building if we heard a siren but we were
spared that “adventure”.
We
had reservations for a 10:00 am show so we all left in Bill’s truck about 9:15
as we didn’t know how long it would take to drive and how early we had to be
there. Turns out we were very early and
there weren’t many others attending the show as this is early in the
season. The show was a tribute to John
Denver and was held in a very small – intimate! - theater.
We were in the second row which was level with the musicians and about 8
feet away. It started a little slow but
ended up being lots of fun with great music.
We
went to Branson Landing and walked a portion of it in light rain &
wind. We stopped for a burger for lunch
and then stopped on Main St for a visit to the legendary Dick’s 5 & 10
store. We checked out some flea markets
for a spice rack for Lonnie & Cindy – no luck – and headed home. Terry took off with Lonnie to get parts to
fix our CB and parts for Lonnie’s truck while I checked email and relaxed.
At
7:15 we left for another show at 8 – Hamner/Barber. It was a larger theater with more people
attending but still not even half full. Dave
Hamner is a magician and Jim Barber is a ventriloquist. They were both wonderful and the finale that
was a tribute to veterans was so incredible and moving that everyone was a
little subdued as we left. We had turned
on our electric mattress pad before leaving so we immediately crawled into a
toasty warm bed.
Apr 19th – Fri
We
found a full-sized WalMart so we started with grocery shopping this
morning. Then we picked up our CB which
a guy at Radio Shack had fixed. Finally,
we got 2 new 6 volt batteries for the rig as we had a little episode when we
left Eureka Springs – the slides would not come in right away and it seemed
like a battery problem. Terry ran the
truck for a few minutes and one came in slowly and then the others did OK. We had our existing batteries in our old 5th
wheel so we felt better replacing them before we are stuck somewhere with our
slides out.
I
put away all the groceries while Terry put in the batteries and put the CB back
together. He got one test call to Lonnie
before it crapped out again. Guess we
should have done the same as the batteries and got a new one!
Now
it was already time to pile into our truck to go to a show called “IT” at 3:00. IT is a variety show performed by members of
the prolific Hughes family – 5 brothers and their 35 children. The brothers also have 4 adopted
sisters. Hard to say how old the
brothers are but the oldest child was 19 I think. It was a fast moving, great show.
We
were going to go to Branson Landing for dinner but when we saw the slow traffic
we thought we would be pushed to get to our 7:30 show so we stopped at Ruby
Tuesday’s and had lots of time. The show
at 7:30 was “Paul Harris & the Cleverlys”.
Paul Harris did a standup comedy routine in an only slightly exaggerated
Ozark accent (which is his native accent) for nearly an hour and it was
hilarious. Then he was joined by 4
musicians who played & sang until the break. After the break, the 5 guys wandered back in
dressed in suits & big cowboy hats to become the Cleverlys. They played modern music – Lady GaGa,
Black-Eyed Peas, Gangnam Style – as Bluegrass which was very entertaining.
It
was clear and sunny today but still windy and cool.
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