Aug 15, 2021 Posted by liz

Floating the Meramec River :)

6 Photos in this post When we lived on the farm we used to take tubes and float on the North Fork River. We could never go that far as we always had to pull the tubes back upstream, and after a snake swam over Richard’s foot one day with a fish in its mouth the appeal kind of died! It’s been one of our desires to do a proper river float, so when we had our unexpected holiday that is what we... read more

Aug 6, 2021 Posted by liz

Lone Elk Park

Across the road from the World Bird Sanctuary is Lone Elk Park. If you are in the area you need to visit BOTH! Lone Elk Park is a drive through park. There are some picnic areas in certain spots but we just drove through or at least we attempted to! In the bison area, they were in NO rush! They decided that sauntering up the road for quite a distance was ideal afternoon stroll. As we were waiting at one... read more

Aug 3, 2021 Posted by liz

St. Louis Zoo

5 pictures in this post If you are ever in the area a visit to the St. Louis Zoo is DEFINITELY worth it. It is FREE to get in although you do have to pay for parking. Caleb and I also paid for the Adventure Pass which at time of writing is $14.95. That allows you access to the 4D Theater, Train, Carousel, Stingrays, Sea Lion show and Dinoroarus. (You can purchase individual tickets for these attractions... read more

Aug 2, 2021 Posted by liz

Surgery was cancelled!

Richard and Hannah arrived at the hospital this morning to learn that the surgery was cancelled due to the surgeon having COVID! They had to wait around for a while but were then given a new date of August 30th. Richard brought Hannah back here to get breakfast and then he headed back down the road to Springfield to take her back. We had decided to stay here until Thursday as everything was already paid... read more

Dec 10, 2019 Posted by liz

The World’s Largest Toy Museum, Branson, MO

5 photos in this post.   If you want to reminisce or just be wowed by the quantity of toys in this museum, this is one place you do not want to miss when you are in Branson. With humble beginnings this, the World’s Largest Toy Museum, is located on one campus but in several buildings (six to be precise) and levels. There is SO much to see! (Their website says there are over one million toys there!)... read more