Next Stop Branson Missouri

We were contacted by the managers of Branson Lakeside RV Park in Branson Missori to "work" for them for the summer. After working (really working) in the Everglades, this sounded like a nice easy gig.  Kathleen works two eight hour days in the office, answering phones, taking reservations, and checking in campers.  Fred works two four hour days escorting the campers to their site while driving a golf cart!!! In addition, we get a discount (mostly free) into most of the shows in town.

When people would ask me what was in Branson, I would say that it is the redneck's version of Las Vegas!!!  And it is, but in a nice way...  The town is very proud of it's heritage and it promotes, God, Country and Family.

On February 29th this year a tornado did go through one part of the major entertainment section of town.

While there was some serious damage, no one was injured.  Driving through town, you can see the path that the tornado took and it came within a quarter mile of the campground.  However, the show must go on and you can see the progress that has been made in cleaning up and repairing the damages.

The campground has 170 RV spots and no tents allowed.  There is a manager couple, 2 assistant manager couples and 11 worker camper couples here now. We've already seen at least three couples leave for other opportunities.  The campground is situated on Lake Taneycomo (which is actually the White River that has been damed at both ends), it still looks like a river to me. There's great trout fishing in the lake as it is feed from the bottom of Table Rock Dam to the west of here. (hint, hint Doug and Cyndy...).  It's a fairly busy campground, but from what we've heard, not as busy as it has been in years past.  It's definately not as pretty as the campground we were at last year, but all of the work campers are extremely nice. We are within walking distance of Branson Landing which is a big outside mall with lots of shops and restaurants.  We've learned that happy hour on Thursday's is at Texas Land and Cattle!! $2 beer and margarita's and 1/2 price appetizers.

Our campsite unfortunatley does not have any shade, so with this horribly hot weather, we are in the process of getting a second air conditioning unit installed (hopefully today or tommorrow)!!

So far we have been enjoying our stay here.  We've seen some fantastic shows and some that we were glad that we didn't pay for...  It's a totally different experience from last some and this past winter, but that's the whole idea with our lifestyle.

If anyone wants to come and visit, it is a fun place, so give us a call.