From Norman, we drove on to Branson to meet up with the in-laws. Stopped at a blue whale on Rte 66. This looks like it may have been a fun little spot to swim back in 1965 or so. Today it's basically pretty sad. It didn't look like it would be safe to spend much time in the water.
After the sad blue whale we continued on and ended up visiting the scariest place on earth. The official name is The Precious Moments Chapel. The chapel itself had just closed for the day which was kind of a bummer, but we got to walk around the gift shop and the rest of the grounds. That was probably frightening enough. Did you know there's Christian rap? Well it was playing as background music in the gift shop. The pics do not do this place justice, but "The Queen", as we called her, had to be 20 feet tall. Not sure what was creepier, the place itself or the other people visiting it. The whole thing was rather cult-like. Luckily we escaped with our souls intact.
We then drove into Branson and grabbed dinner at Charlie's Steak, Ribs & Ale. Food was pretty good, not great. Our server had a few issues. Most memorable thing about this place is the woman (possibly the owner) walking around with a microphone singing parts of the whatever song was playing. She walked up to our table and said I could join in whenever. I told her I didn't even know what song she was singing, because I wasn't paying attention, not sure she appreciated that. I guess I did have some nerve going to a restaurant to eat and talk with my wife, rather than listen to someone sing. So much for my big break into the entertainment industry.
After dinner we checked into the hotel and went looking for the in-laws, who were at their RV in a campground. After doing a lap we found their RV, then had to find my Father-in-law who walked down to the entrance to flag us down (after we were already in the campground). Hung out in the RV BS-ing for a while and made plans to see a show the next day.
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