The day started with a nice sunrise reflected in our neighbor’s Airstream…

We wanted to check out souvenirs, so we drove to “historic” downtown Branson. Not surprisingly, it was very touristy, and we did not find what we were looking for… However, the store aisles were narrow and there are many, many, very large people here in Branson, most of whom use wheelchairs and walkers…

We moved on and took a short drive out into the “country” (as if Branson isn’t all country all the time…). We passed this granite wall along the road. There are many quarries in the area, and apparantly these hills are all solid granite. This tells us why they do so little grading when the build roads… roads go up and down and around the hills…

Our destination was the Missouri Ridge Distillery…

It was not busy, and we tasted some of their whiskey and “Scotch”… We treated ourselves to Old Fashioneds, sweetened with their own maple syrup that is aged in their used Bourbon barrels. Tasty!

In the evening we experienced the first of many Branson shows; tonight is the Whodunnit Hoedown, a murder-mystery dinner show…

The theater complex has many forms of entertainment, with different shows rotating through the theater on different nights.

We had quite a wait outside, but we did enjoy a lovely sunset…

We had great seats, 2nd and 3rd rows…

The food was barely edible – dry chicken, bland green beans, sticky mashed potatoes, and some sort of sweet pork that looked like it had been through a blender. All of it was out of a can, I’m sure….

As bad as the food was, the show wasn’t much better… Silly corny jokes, no plot, no mystery…

We were happy when the “show” was over… We returned to the Villa and an enjoyable time was had by all…