Short little Branson getaway

A couple of weekends ago we decided we would take a short weekend trip to Branson, just the 3 of us. As our luck would have it, the ice storm hit about 3 days before we were supposed to leave. We had no idea that Branson had gotten so much snow. Here is a picture of the Thousand Hills golf course that was right next to our condo. It was very pretty to see the mountains covered in snow.


We were also not aware that Branson shuts down from Jan-Feb, which included the shows and some of the local restaurants. The stuff that was left open was on winter hours which meant that everything closed at 8:00. We were really feeling like Branson old-timers at that point. Fortunately, the shops were open. We went down to Branson Landing and let Lincoln make an animal at Build-A-Bear. He chose a tiger and liked listening to all the sounds that he could stuff inside.


He got to step on the pedal that filled his tiger with fluff and then we gave him a bath. He gave his tiger a very unique name, "Rah", like the sound a tiger makes. This was pretty much the highlight of Lincoln's trip.


We ate at one of our favorite Branson eateries, The Pasta House. I had to take a picture to show how dead it was. This was 7:00 pm on a saturday night and we were the 5th table in the place.



So we pretty much shopped, which I can't complain about because the outlet malls were completely empty so there was plenty of good deals to pick from. We headed home on Sunday afternoon and our little car rider decided to snuggle in with George, Rah, Mojo, his pat-pat, and his Thomas blanket, too cute. He fell asleep about 30 minutes into the ride so it was a peaceful drive home.

All in all, despite the lack of activity, we had a good time. If you ever want to go to Branson to just shop and not have to sit in traffic, January is the time to go.