26 = Branson - Day 2

We decided to spend another full day in Branson.  There's alot of things to see and do in the area.  So here's how we spent the day:

It was a sad day in Branson, Andy Williams passed away early this morning.  He build one of the founding theaters in Branson and up until last month was still performing, although on a limited schedule. 

We took our time getting up and ready for the day and this pace got us to the Duck ride at 11 am.  We didn't know what to expect.  Branson isn't like Boston, or San Diego, so where would we go.  Well, the tour took us out to the lake/dam/mountain area just south of Branson.  Our driver wove through the Ozark hills, providing history and trivia of th the area.  He then drove over the Table Dam, plunged into Table Rock Lake, and finally, up to the rock quarry where the lime rock was mined and used for the building of the dam.  If you're interested in learning more about the dam and it's lakes, here's a link.

After lunch we headed to the Titanic Museum. We really didn't expect too much from this museum.  But the outside was impressive, and Tripadvisor reviews were excellent.  We were given a boarding pass at the beginning of the self-guided tour and at the end we found out if we survived or perished. Tony was a 2nd class passanger named Sidney Collett (just like his granddaughters), an Irish pastor and he survived.  I was a first class passenger and perished.

The whole experience was great.  There was a deck room where the air was chilled to the temperature of the night, a display of deck angles as the ship tilted and we stood on to experience what the remaining passengers felt that night.  And finally, there was a display of water chilled to the temperature of the ocean water that fateful evening.  We put our hands into the water and it took only seconds to numb our hands.  A great experience and we're very glad we went.

Our final activity of the day was taking in another show.  We went to the Baldnobbers, the original Variety Show of Branson.  The format was very simular to the show we saw the previous evening, except that it was a bit more blue grass than the first show we saw.  Bottom line, a great experience!

Tomorrow we head north.  Let's see where we end up!