yesterday

Yesterday we took a little drive to Branson.  The only good way to get there from here is rte 13 north to rte 76 which isn't bad except that the rte 13 bridge over the lake is under re-construction with only one lane open so it is one-way traffic with stop lights on each end.  Its usually a short wait going and coming.  We could take the long way around going south to Blue Eye and then east to rte 65 but that is just too far out of the way.

I had ordered show tickets for next week when Wilma will be with us so went to the ticket agency for those vouchers.  Then we did a bit of shopping at Wally world and had a very nice lunch.  Our lunch was at Mel's Hard Luck Diner.  We had been there a couple of other times that we have been in the area and it is a nice experience.  The food and service is good and the atmosphere is extra nice with a 50s diner feel and the servers all take turns on a microphone singing songs from their CDs (available in the gift shop of course) while walking through the rooms.  Four of the five that sang while we were there were very good and the other one not so much.

We had a storm front move through about sundown but it wasn't too bad and then had a nice slow shower through most of the night.  Hope some passed over the home place we need it badly.