Last Friday, Joe and I went to Branson, Missouri, and stayed at Big Cedar Lodge. It only takes about 2 1/2 hours to get there, but it seems a world away. On the way to Branson, we go through a community called, Boxley, Arkansas, that we always stop to watch the elk. Several years ago, the park service put some elk there and they seems to just stay in a few select fields that you can always see from the road. Boxley is only 30 miles or so from our house.
We got to Big Cedar around 3 o'clock Friday afternoon. We met Joe's nurse, Cathy, and her husband, Todd, there. We had reservations at The Devil's Pool restaurant for dinner. It was really good...Joe always gets the smoked prime rib and me, the filet. Saturday morning it was snowing the most beautiful flakes. It was a little warm to stick, but with the surrounding mountains, it looked like a post card.
Gran and Papa brought the kids up Saturday afternoon and we spent the rest of the day at Branson Landing. Had a really good supper at Joe's Crab Shack. Sunday, we all exchanged Valentine's stuff and ran off to brunch at The Worman House. Champagne mimosas, chocolate-covered strawberries, omelets.....yummmmy. There was so much food, I couldn't try it all! We shopped some more Sunday afternoon and were home to watch the last couple laps of the Daytona 500! What a nice get away.
School is out for winter break until tomorrow. I've been playing around with Photoshop Elements that I got for Christmas....
This is a picture before......
and after......
Jake has a ballgame tonight and Anna has an orthodontist appointment this afternoon. Will be back in our "normal" routine soon, but it was a nice LONG, restful weekend!
Bye for now.....
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