Good Bye Eddie and Peg, we are going to miss you!
Branson is getting a brand new airport to encourage more people to come here! Today is the opening celebrations with an airshow including the US Airforce Thunderbirds so we decided we better go. Being the good citizens we are we parked in the lots and rode the buses to the show- thought we were smart and saving on fuel, NOT! Branson is not really prepared for crowds and traffic is not a priority. The buses were in the same traffic as the cars, on a 2 lane road for 8 miles out to the new airport. The airport has been built with private funding and is in the beautiful Ozarks about 8 miles from town with only one road in, and it is a country 2 lane road! We got to ride a school bus for about 2 hours just to get to the airport, then we spent $18 each to get onto the grounds just to spend $10 on a burger and water and another $6 for an ice cream cone!
Not the highlight of the day!
Tandem Parachuting
B-2 Stealth bomber
Military propeller planes
5 of 6 F16 Jets