We made it to Boerne, Texas!

We made it to Long Lane, Missouri on the 18th. Parked in our friends front yard (of their 300 acres)! We had a good visit and of course some fun sightseeing. They took us to Ha Ha Tonka State Park in the Osage River Hills region of the Ozarks. According to the literature, the park is most noted for its geologic features and formations, characterized by sinkholes, caves, underground streams and natural bridges. I think most people think of the castle! The castle was built in the early 1900s along a cliff over looking the Osage River. Unfortunately the roof caught fire in 1942 and burned a lot of the castle. There is a skeleton of the castle left, the carriage house and the tower.  It was very large and looks interesting!

There are many trails and caves to explore at Ha Ha Tonka and after leaving the castle, we went to the Natural Bridge.  Our friend Ginny wanted to explore the bridge down a 1/2 mile trail.  Such a trooper, she made it down and back up with her walker without any problems.  The bridge shows some of the layers that are the result of water percolating through porous underlying dolomite bedrock.

The next day they took us to Silver Dollar City.  It is a theme park in Branson.  There are craftsmen demonstrating their trades from days of old, such as making molasses, making yarn, building log cabins and much more.  They have rides, shops, shows and lots of food to eat!   We ate breakfast, looked around, and rode the train.

We left the park in the early afternoon and headed for Lamberts Restaurant for lunch and dinner because we were told they serve a lot of food!  Boy do they!  They also throw red hot dinner rolls to you from across the room!  It is home style cooking galore!  You get a couple of sides with your meal and then they have "pass arounds" such as; fried okra, macaroni and cheese, molasses for the rolls and more.  We had another lunch and dinner on just my pork chops they were so big and everything was delicious.  We rolled out of there!

It took us three days to get to Boerne.  The first day the road to Oklahoma City was really rough.  The second day we drove through Dallas/Ft. Worth in the hardest rain storm, with tons of lightning and thunder.  The third day we started to leave and found we had a flat tire on the RV.  The Good Sam (great roadside service) came out and put on our spare for us and we finally made it to Boerne Sunday around 6 pm!

Last night we had a fabulous meal at Gloria and John's house (Ted's cousin).  We will be here for a couple of weeks so more to follow.  It's great having cell and internet service again!

Back in the outskirts of Boerne with the deer..."Ain't Life Grand!"