I am happy to say that for once we got to do something other than our taxes today, infact we didn’t even have to work on them this week.  We spent the day in a much happier place, spending money and supporting the local economy.  We went back to Silver Dollar City because the weather has finally warmed up.  Like Branson, Silver Dollar City has lots of shows and the big attraction this month was the Zhejiang Acrobats of China.  This was a great show and I was most impressed with the opening act which were balleria’s that spin a yoyo type of device on silk strings while doing ballet and then juggling these devices while juggling theirselves and doing acrobatics!  Very hard to explain and impossible to film.  The big act was the balancing monks – it was so intense our heads hurt for them when it was over.

When we arrived home to the RV park, Annie and her mom from Kansas were here to visit.  Annie was visiting her mom and since it is only 4 hours away, came down for the night.  We haven’t had much practice having visitors but we tried to show them the sites and sounds of Branson!  We took them to our favorite show, SIX.  The second time for me was even more impressive than the first – these 6 brothers (out of 10 brothers) put on an incredible show with no backup music!  One of the brothers, the drummer they make fun of him commenting he “SPIT’S for a living”.  They use their voices to create all the music etc. 

Annie and her mom spent the night in our sparse accomodations without complaint so I guess we are good for more visitors!  Come visit us we have room.

Thursday morning we took our guests (actually they took us!) to the local breakfast spot and then we gave them a quick tour before they had to get back on the road for Burlington, Kansas.

 

Annie is very familiar with the local foliage from growing up in the Midwest.  She tells me these are weeds but they look beautiful in everyones lawns during the spring to me.

Spring is finally here – the sun has been out most of the week and we have only had rain one night and that didn’t even get the ground wet!  FINALLY, I guess this means we can stay a bit longer – I was starting to wonder.

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