Blogs from Missouri, United States, North America - page 12

If you have followed our exploits during previous cruises, you will surely agree that over the years we have gone to some pretty remarkable places and we have seen some really incredible sights. Our travels have allowed us to explore different parts of the world, and on April 21stwe will start another amazing cruise vacation. Technically we are taking two cruises back-to-back. They are titled the “Spanish Passage” cruise and the “Mediterranean Medley” cruise. We are actually going to visit a few ports where we’ve been before (are we running out of new places to visit in the world?), but we expect to have a great time wherever we travel. Those are a couple of hints about some of the places we will be visiting, but we don’t want to spoil too many of the up-coming ... read more

Late start to the day as we finally had a chance for a lay in after 3 weeks away. We have no breakfast included here at the Hilton and started the day with a muffin and banana left over from the previous day. We drove to the Visitors Information Centre (the official one that is, noting there seems to be about 30 visitor’s centres around here !). We had booked tickets to 2 shows here and had to collect our tickets. Whilst we were there we asked for some advice on breakfast and he gave us two suggestions being Billy Gails Café about 15 minutes’ drive away and The Farmhouse Restaurant which is close to where we are staying in Bransons Landing. Since we are already in the car we decide on Billy Gails Café. It ... read more

Melissa and John tell their kids, Amy, Jennifer, and Jason, that they are going on a trip to Oregon. They explain that they are going to take the Oregon Trail just like their great great great grandparents did. Melissa and John want to spend more time with their kids but mostly want Amy to spend time with her family. Jason loves adventures and Jennifer loves history, so they were both very happy about the trip. The only person who wasn’t too happy about this trip was Amy. Amy hates long trips, history, and being away from her friends.... read more

Geo: 37.1489, -93.2614Hello! We are taking a week off work. That's the important news. The other news is questionable weather - floods, snow, ice, etc.. So, with rain flooding I-65 North so bad that our four-lane highway turned into a 2-way highway for about 1/4 a mile, and rain turning to big snow flakes and finally back to rain, we made it to Springfield easily today but carefully. No problems whatsoever. We had a nice, slow time packing and Simon allowed both of us to give him multiple goodbyes and kisses today. He followed me around as I packed and then just before we left I told him to hop on the bed so I could give him goodbye kisses... and he did! So, now that everyone is sick of reading about my dog, I'll move ... read more

We are staying at the Marriott Willow Ridge Timeshare facility in Branson. This timeshare gig has really been terrific for our travels this year. I've used several Getaways through Interval. The prices are good and we always book a unit with a kitchen. It makes all the difference to have a kitchen. It seems that when we eat out we have two options; eat at an inexpensive restaurant and be disappointed with the food and nourishment or eat at an expensive restaurant and be satisfied with the food but feel a bit sick about the price. In addition, lots of these timeshare resorts offer inexpensive activities for the kids that help tremendously. For instance, this week we played Junk Food Bingo, watched resort sponsored movies on the big screen in the lounge, painted pottery in the ... read more