We decided to boat over to the Big Cedar Lodge so that we could see it from the water side. To give you an idea of the distance, it is about 30 miles, close to Branson. When we drove there the other night for dinner, it took about 1 hour -- one way -- to get there. By boat? It is about a 2 hour ride. Whew! We are staying near Shell Knob and the water on the lake here is mostly calm. Over by Branson, the water is REALLY churned up. That is where a lot of the very big boats hang out so they can make quite a churn. So it got to be a very rough ride.
About halfway there, we saw a cluster of emergency vehicles at one of the boat ramps so of course, we had to stop and see what was happening. It ended up being quite the spectacle..... as you can see in these next three pics.
We don't know how, but that truck AND boat trailer ended up in there backwards! Usually, you back the whole trailer into the water to load/unload the boat. But somehow this one ended up going in the wrong way. Someone was having a REALLY bad day!
Just to give you an idea of our flotilla today, there were two other boats besides Ron and Judy's. We made quite a parade. :)
Since I'm a girl (and there are others in the group too!), no day is complete without a little bit of shopping. This time is was marina shopping. At the Big Cedar Marina, we had our purchases picked out and then were told that they couldn't sell to us.... only to guests of the lodge. How weird is that?!? Especially since they have courtesy docks for folks to park at.
So we took our desire to shop, along with our money, to the Branson marina. Lordy, that place is huge! It is where all the really big houseboats dock, so we had a great time ogling the million dollar+ boats. And of course, a great time shopping.
On the way home, the kids finally got to do some skiing. With three boats in the water, all 5 of them can be up at once. They assure me that they had a great time. :)
I was just going to type that we've been having really great weather here. In the upper 70s to mid 80s (although the water tends to be on the cold side!). BUT...... as I type this, it has just started sprinkling. Thank goodness for the awning! Shoot..... now it has turned into a regular rain shower. Time to go put some stuff under cover!!
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