We've Come Full Circle

Alvin and I were off this past week. We decided since we had already spent a week at the beach this year we would stay close to home and take a couple of day trips. Last Sunday we spent the afternoon at the lake. Since the lake is still above flood stage, I have been taking pictures of the island where we usually hang out. Here is the island last Sunday (emerging slowly): Tuesday we decided to drive to Branson for a couple of days. We always stop in Mountain View at Woods Pharmacy to get an extra thick chocolate malt with whipped cream and a cherry. Who cares that it is 10:30 in the morning.

We arrived in Branson around 12:30, checked into the hotel and headed straight to..........

The new Branson Landing. If you haven't been it is a must. It has a huge outdoor mall, including Bass Pro Shop (hubbies love this), over 100 specialty shops, restaurants galore, concerts on the town square and a spectacular 7.5 million water fountain, synchronized to lights, sound and music on the waterfront. WOW!!

We had lunch on the water at Joe's. YUMMO!!!

On the way home from Branson we were both having grandson withdrawals, so it's off to Little Rock to visit the boys and Cortney (Ryan was working). After visiting with our sweet babies, we headed downtown to the River Market and had dinner at the Flying Fish.

Thursday was just your typical mow the lawn, weed the flower beds and try to stay cool.

Friday, we headed over to Memphis to eat at the world famous "Rendezvous." The "Rendezvous" has been in business since 1948 and is famous for it's Memphis-style dry rub ribs.

It's Saturday and you guessed it, back to the lake. Boy was it a hot one and the humidity was over the top. So we where in the water "neck deep" most of the time. As you can see the water is falling and our little island is slowly, but surely re-emerging.