Leaving Branson, MO
October 25, 2008
We woke and enjoyed a leisurely morning with Kathy catching up on journals and Will catching up on news. We said goodbye to our friends, Bob and Mary; they are headed for Texas. It was GREAT spending a few days with you and making memories together! Love ya.
We headed out too, but much more slowly. We stopped at the Landing and walked up thru the shops then down near the river. Along the walk was a young man playing a wind pipe and a drummer. We stopped to listen. They are Inca Indians from he Andes Mountains of Ecuador. We just loved the sound of the wind pipes; we bought Grandfather Bear Healing Songs album. Give them a listen at http://www.runapachawindrth.thms.com/
Table Rock State Park was our stop for lunch. We overlooked Table Rock Lake sitting in the sun. Then we stopped at the office building. They were not very helpful; most people who stop are only interested in: where’s the campground. We did find out that the area no longer has a “table rock”. A short distance u the road was the visitor center for Table Rock Dam. We learned that the dam was going to be placed where the rock sat, but that area was too unstable so the used that rock and ground around it in building the Dam. The volunteer at the corps of engineers visitor center told us that they get their hook-ups as well as a stipend and they are posting positions for next year. All you fellow volunteers out there, here is a great opportunity in a really beautiful area of the country.
A short drive brought us into Silver City, an amusement park. But just inside the entrance is Marvel Cave. If you want to do just the cave tour as we did you have to go through the ticket area to the hospitality building where they take your entrance fee to the park. When you complete your cave tour you return to get a refund for the park and pay only for the cave tour. That way they don’t have people paying for the cave tour and staying for the day at the park.
Marvel Cave was discovered in 1820 and was believed to have contained Marble. Legend has it that the Osage Indians marked the area as dangerous after a hunter fell into the cave wrestling a bear. At night the spirits could be seen coming out of the cave. (bat?!) The cave was developed for viewing over 100 years ago. The cave is unique in that you enter through the ceiling of the huge Cathedral Room, which is over 20 stories high. We descended to the Waterfall Room. Beyond we walked through several rooms, climbed up a bit and exited the cave on an incline.
We headed a short distance west and found a wifi hit in West Branson so you could all see what we have been up to Kathy put up several entries so don’t forget to click on “Older Posts” so see pictures and read stories of the past few days.
We woke and enjoyed a leisurely morning with Kathy catching up on journals and Will catching up on news. We said goodbye to our friends, Bob and Mary; they are headed for Texas. It was GREAT spending a few days with you and making memories together! Love ya.
We headed out too, but much more slowly. We stopped at the Landing and walked up thru the shops then down near the river. Along the walk was a young man playing a wind pipe and a drummer. We stopped to listen. They are Inca Indians from he Andes Mountains of Ecuador. We just loved the sound of the wind pipes; we bought Grandfather Bear Healing Songs album. Give them a listen at http://www.runapachawindrth.thms.com/
Table Rock State Park was our stop for lunch. We overlooked Table Rock Lake sitting in the sun. Then we stopped at the office building. They were not very helpful; most people who stop are only interested in: where’s the campground. We did find out that the area no longer has a “table rock”. A short distance u the road was the visitor center for Table Rock Dam. We learned that the dam was going to be placed where the rock sat, but that area was too unstable so the used that rock and ground around it in building the Dam. The volunteer at the corps of engineers visitor center told us that they get their hook-ups as well as a stipend and they are posting positions for next year. All you fellow volunteers out there, here is a great opportunity in a really beautiful area of the country.
A short drive brought us into Silver City, an amusement park. But just inside the entrance is Marvel Cave. If you want to do just the cave tour as we did you have to go through the ticket area to the hospitality building where they take your entrance fee to the park. When you complete your cave tour you return to get a refund for the park and pay only for the cave tour. That way they don’t have people paying for the cave tour and staying for the day at the park.
Marvel Cave was discovered in 1820 and was believed to have contained Marble. Legend has it that the Osage Indians marked the area as dangerous after a hunter fell into the cave wrestling a bear. At night the spirits could be seen coming out of the cave. (bat?!) The cave was developed for viewing over 100 years ago. The cave is unique in that you enter through the ceiling of the huge Cathedral Room, which is over 20 stories high. We descended to the Waterfall Room. Beyond we walked through several rooms, climbed up a bit and exited the cave on an incline.We headed a short distance west and found a wifi hit in West Branson so you could all see what we have been up to Kathy put up several entries so don’t forget to click on “Older Posts” so see pictures and read stories of the past few days.
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