Twice a day the “Branson Belle” would slowly pass by; once in the morning and once at night. The “Branson Belle” features an interesting show and a delicious lunch/dinner.
A few years ago,-no it was 8 years ago-we went on a lunch cruise on the beautiful boat.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Westgate Resort-Photos
During our vacation we stayed in a nice condo with a full kitchen, dryer/washer and a nice view of Table Rock Lake.
The first time we stayed at Westgate Resorts was when we attended the “Defending Your Faith” conference in 2008. However, we had stayed in a room that was much smaller than the room we were in now.
There was a Queen bed and a pullout, but we didn’t want to deal with the pullout couch every morning so we brought two air mattresses. Benjamin and Noah slept in the screened-in balcony during the night.
The first time we stayed at Westgate Resorts was when we attended the “Defending Your Faith” conference in 2008. However, we had stayed in a room that was much smaller than the room we were in now.
There was a Queen bed and a pullout, but we didn’t want to deal with the pullout couch every morning so we brought two air mattresses. Benjamin and Noah slept in the screened-in balcony during the night.
Westgate Resort-Photos
During our vacation we stayed in a nice condo with a full kitchen, dryer/washer and a nice view of Table Rock Lake.
The first time we stayed at Westgate Resorts was when we attended the “Defending Your Faith” conference in 2008. However, we had stayed in a room that was much smaller than the room we were in now.
There was a Queen bed and a pullout, but we didn’t want to deal with the pullout couch every morning so we brought two air mattresses. Benjamin and Noah slept in the screened-in balcony during the night.
The first time we stayed at Westgate Resorts was when we attended the “Defending Your Faith” conference in 2008. However, we had stayed in a room that was much smaller than the room we were in now.
There was a Queen bed and a pullout, but we didn’t want to deal with the pullout couch every morning so we brought two air mattresses. Benjamin and Noah slept in the screened-in balcony during the night.
Shopping in Branson-Photos
We don’t really do any shopping in Branson and the only places we occasionally visit is Dick’s 5 & 10 store and the Grand Village. Dick’s 5 & 10 is a little store in the Branson Landing that’s always crowded with people and memoirs from the past. It’s fun to look around the store and maybe even find a deal. The Grand Village is a neat sort of strip-mall with little interesting shops that cater to grandparents. There are also a couple of restaurants. One of these is called “Mel’s Hard Luck Diner.” It is a fun experience-even if we just eat burgers and fries. There are movie posters everywhere and the waiters take turns singing songs as they walk around.
We also visited the large Kringles Christmas Shop that sells Christmas items year-round. I’m sure I couldn’t count how many ornaments they have inside of the store!
We also visited the large Kringles Christmas Shop that sells Christmas items year-round. I’m sure I couldn’t count how many ornaments they have inside of the store!
September 18-Traveling to Branson
We packed up last night and got on the road before noon. We had a nice drive down to Branson and picked up some food that we ate at the condo. We had made a meal schedule and a grocery list and picked up the food for the week.
Friday, October 2, 2009
Two Hours, Two Shots, Two Turkeys
Today is the first day of the Fall Turkey Firearms Season in Missouri!
Turkey hunting is much harder in the fall because turkeys won't be intereseted in calls until next spring. Turkeys also have excellent sight, so it can be hard to bring one down.
Last night Benjamin patterned his shotgun and tried using the high-power turkey shells that he bought. They literally blew him away!
Early this morning we headed down to Kate's Grandparent's Farm ("The Farm.")
Kate's Dad ("Grandpa Dave") had been staying at the farm and had given us "Game Reports" every day. He had spotted deer, coyote, fox and a dozen turkeys. The turkey's daily routine was to walk (or strut) around the house, walk across the field and into the woods. They usually did this at about 9-10AM. However, it had drizzled during the night, so we thought it would probably distrupt the turkeys' schedule.
Benjamin and I walked quietly through woods bordering the field and stopped at about 50 yards from the house. It was about 8:00 when Benjamin and I propped ourselves up against some trees.
Almost two hours later we were ready to go inside. It was chilly, windy, wet, and cloudy. Mom, Grandpa Dave and Noah took a last glance at the field from the window of the house before calling us in. They saw at least 18 turkeys that had taken a different route that day. Benjamin and I could not see them because of a small ridge in the field that hid them from our view. The turkey spotters in the house called Benjamin on the cell phone and told him about the birds.
We should have waited for the birds to come up to us, but Benjamin wanted to get closer. He and I walked quietly through the woods until we came up onto a hill that was only a few yards from the turkeys. Benjamin quickly fired a shot into the head of a bird and killed it. We obviously thought that the birds would immediately run or fly away, but they seemed shocked. Benjamin ran up a few feet and fired again into the neck of a running turkey. We only had two turkey tags, so we ran down the hill and tagged the turkeys' legs.
The folks still in the
house drove down in the truck and we loaded the turkeys into the bed. We weighed them and examined them before telechecking them and found Benjamin had shot one adult hen and one juvenile hen. The young one weighed 7 1/2 pounds and the adult weighed 9 1/2 pounds.
Because we were all amateurs it took four hours to pluck, gut, wash and skin the two turkeys, but at this moment they're sitting in our freezer!
-J. Andrew Wong
P.S. I (of course) had my video camera and the entire shooting adventure is on video, so I'll try to edit it together as soon as possible.
Turkey hunting is much harder in the fall because turkeys won't be intereseted in calls until next spring. Turkeys also have excellent sight, so it can be hard to bring one down.
Last night Benjamin patterned his shotgun and tried using the high-power turkey shells that he bought. They literally blew him away!
Early this morning we headed down to Kate's Grandparent's Farm ("The Farm.")
Kate's Dad ("Grandpa Dave") had been staying at the farm and had given us "Game Reports" every day. He had spotted deer, coyote, fox and a dozen turkeys. The turkey's daily routine was to walk (or strut) around the house, walk across the field and into the woods. They usually did this at about 9-10AM. However, it had drizzled during the night, so we thought it would probably distrupt the turkeys' schedule.
Benjamin and I walked quietly through woods bordering the field and stopped at about 50 yards from the house. It was about 8:00 when Benjamin and I propped ourselves up against some trees.
Almost two hours later we were ready to go inside. It was chilly, windy, wet, and cloudy. Mom, Grandpa Dave and Noah took a last glance at the field from the window of the house before calling us in. They saw at least 18 turkeys that had taken a different route that day. Benjamin and I could not see them because of a small ridge in the field that hid them from our view. The turkey spotters in the house called Benjamin on the cell phone and told him about the birds.
We should have waited for the birds to come up to us, but Benjamin wanted to get closer. He and I walked quietly through the woods until we came up onto a hill that was only a few yards from the turkeys. Benjamin quickly fired a shot into the head of a bird and killed it. We obviously thought that the birds would immediately run or fly away, but they seemed shocked. Benjamin ran up a few feet and fired again into the neck of a running turkey. We only had two turkey tags, so we ran down the hill and tagged the turkeys' legs.
The folks still in the
house drove down in the truck and we loaded the turkeys into the bed. We weighed them and examined them before telechecking them and found Benjamin had shot one adult hen and one juvenile hen. The young one weighed 7 1/2 pounds and the adult weighed 9 1/2 pounds.Because we were all amateurs it took four hours to pluck, gut, wash and skin the two turkeys, but at this moment they're sitting in our freezer!
-J. Andrew Wong
P.S. I (of course) had my video camera and the entire shooting adventure is on video, so I'll try to edit it together as soon as possible.
September 30-Photos
We continued our little pond renovation today and are pretty happy with how the pond area turned out. We'll put some mulch and plants where the pond used to be.
We also built a retaining wall to help with some erosion problems we have in our yard.
You can see the first post about this pond on September 1.
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