Branson, MO to Kinder, LA

We departed Branson on Saturday, September 24, and drove all of the way to Outdoor Resorts of the Ozarks - a total of 30 miles. After this beautiful but exhausting trip we had to take a nap to get our strength back. (ha, ha) The drive was truly beautiful with all of the hills and views of Table Top Lake. We had a wonderful site at the resort, right on the lake, and the weather was gorgeous. We had a surprise and met our friends from the Alfa Lonestars, Denise & Michael from Kileen, TX. They own a lot at the resort and were there for a few days making some improvements. They are motorcycle people so being out in the country is great for them. We spent Saturday & Sunday night there and then headed south to Hot Springs, AR where we spent two more nights at a new RV Park, Catherine's Landing, which is on the river that connects to Lake Hamilton. We did get out to eat both nights there - Jose's Mexican and the Outback. On Wednesday we drove to our friend Dick Albritton's place in Choudrant, LA where we had some stuff done to the coach. First and foremost we had a new residential refrigerator installed! Tippy just loves it and we were so happy to get the small refrig out of the coach after having worked around it for two months. Going from 12.2 cubic feet to 21.7 cubic feet is amazing and I know we will sure enjoy the extra space plus the water and ice through the door. Dick also installed our new back-up camera and color monitor. Hopefully it will be more reliable than the original model. he also installed a couple of rain gutters, and extensions, to keep the water off the windshield and the side of the coach. We were scheduled tgo be there through Friday but they got everything finished early on Thursday so we left on Friday and took an extra day in Kinder, LA at the Red Shoes RV Resort. We drove to Lake Charles, LA on Saturday to do some shopping to fill up that new refrigerator. With the extra day I decided to play golf on Sunday at the Koasati Pines G.C. here at the resort. It is one of the top courses in Louisiana and I had a great time, being out early I was able to play in just over two hours. Tippy found a small church in Kinder and was able to attend Mass this morning. Tomorrow we will be off to a park just west of Houston and then we will drive into Boerne, TX for our rally on Tuesday. We are both ready to be home for a while but we still have a couple of stops left. Enjoy the pictures and be safe.