Across The Country

 Never in our wildest dreams did we think we'd be doing a cross country road trip,  let alone doing it 3 times in as many years!

We left Arizona on April 8th and started our trek. The first few nights we just stopped to let Benny rest from driving. By Sunday we were in Branson, Missouri. 

Branson was a new place for us. This has been a city we've been wanting to visit for a while and we were finally able to make it happen. As soon as we got to the Ozarks, mountains and blooming trees graced us with their beautiful presence. That was our favorite part of the drive. Gone were the boring roads. We stayed in Branson for 2 nights. 

The Branson strip had a Vegas feel but without the strippers and gambling. You want free of discounted tickets?, be prepared to sit through a time share presentation. The agents are super nice and friendly at the beginning but as soon as you say no we won't buy into the timeshare their attitude changes and you've made many people mad. Lesson learned and we'll pay full price next time, Thank you very much!

We checked out the river walk in downtown Branson. They had a water show that had fire features and was synced to music. We also took the Titanic Museum tour and it's still so sad knowing that actually happened. The tour is very informative and has some cool artifacts from the Titanic. At the end you can submerge your finger into 28° water to see how long you would last in the water. I only lasted 50 seconds and Benny lasted a minute. 

We finished our Branson visit with a show called "Anthems of Rock". What an awesome classic rock show! They sang a variety of songs from Journey to Queen and everything in between. We highly recommend this show if you find yourself in Branson.

Ready to rock out!

As we were on the road headed to our next stop we saw a billboard that said "Arkansas' Biggest Natural Bridge". So we took a pit stop to check it out. The docent told us that in the 1800's they used that bridge as a logging road. The bridge is 120 ft long and made of sandstone. It was a nice walk/Hike to see the bridge and it was neat to see the cabins they used. We are so blessed to be able to travel to places like this and see things like this. 

Under the bridge 

The top of the bridge 

Natural Round stone

We are now in Memphis, Tennessee! This is also a new place for us so we will be staying for 2 nights. We are excited to explore and see what Memphis has to offer.

Thank you for reading and please stay tuned for our next stops!