Ken Nelson

Location: Cooper Creek Campground, Branson, MO

My last post ended with a picture of the kids building a smoker. Brian had read about doing this in the Army Survival Field Manual (FM-21-76). It recommends using a poncho. Instead they used tinfoil:

and three hours later we pulled it open and revealed a wonderfully smoked trout. I took a picture, but neglected to notice the card wasn’t in the camera.  This is what was left when I had the card in it:

Today was a lazy day. We got up late and mainly spent the morning lounging around reading:

The Amazon Kindles they use are really good for RV’ing. They take up no space. And when a book is finished, just order up another using its free CDMA connection. Slick!  And the books are cheaper too.  Recommended!

Then we got a little energy and decided to head into town to the “Tracks” fun center.  For those of you familiar with St. George, think Family Fun center on steroids…. First off a few laps on the Woody go-cart track:

Quite a bit of fun!  The kids really liked it so they went right back on.  I elected to pass since I was suffering from an impact on the 3rd lap. Another rider, an adult who shan’t be named, didn’t follow this sign:

I ended up with what I suspect is a mild concussion. Easy for me to get, but I was done for the day.

They, however, weren’t so it was on to more racing on another track:

and spending the remaining credits we’d purchased in the arcade:

Notice the car she picked….

Then off to lunch and then back to Cooper Creek RV park for a lazy afternoon. Well, for three of us. Paula did laundry.  It was “free fishing” day in MO, so me and the kids fished til dusk. This is our haul:

Then a tasty trout dinner from yesterday’s catch, a close game of Pictionary (the boys won!) and off to bed for our early start in the A.M.

Day 6 pictures start here.