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12/04/2024

When you have Silver Dollar City all to yourself…

12/04/2024

BEHIND THE SCENES: Tonight is the Silver Dollar City Children’s Christmas Party for the employee’s children and grandchildren. Each child gets a long talk with Santa and even receives a gift! This has become a family tradition for us. They also give out ornaments every year that we add to our family Christmas tree!

12/03/2024

BEYOND THE LAKES and the FIRST RADIO BROADCAST FROM A CAVE: Dave Whittaker, of radio station KBHM in Branson, negotiates the overhang past the lakes in Marvel Cave. Climbing this overhanging cliff is made much more difficult by the thick layer of sticky, slippery red clay which covers almost everything in this section of the cave. In the second photo, Dave Whittaker, Pete and Jack Herschend broadcast live on the radio a description of the trip to this point, farther than had ever been reched before. Here, they encountered a canyon 80 feet wide and roughly 100 feet deep, with sheer walls that offered no footholds. Lacking sufficient rope, the party was forced to turn back at the canyon's rim. Everyone in the KBHM broadcast area was listening rather tensely by the time contact was finally made; all over town folks poured out in the streets to tell each other the explorers were OK and that they were turning back. They were content with what they had accomplished, and decided to leave the rest of the cave for future explorers to discover.

12/02/2024

Here is Jack Herschend assisting Dottie Jordan, a YWCA girl from St. Louis, as they descend 55 feet down the Grand Crevasse to the lakes 300 feet below the surface in Marvel Cave. The girls and their leaders spent an entire winter training for this trip.

12/02/2024

Another stellar sunset from Wildfire. This was from last night, but it was so busy I forgot to post!

12/01/2024

Shera here: what it’s like living with Corey….
We have this message board in our kitchen. I used to put scripture or fun quotes on it, but then it became a competition between our kids of who could rearrange the letters the funniest. I asked Corey to put something on it for Christmas. This is what I came home to. 🤦🏻‍♀️ Who knows what movie this quote is from?

12/01/2024

Every now and then, I come across a photo I’ve never seen before. This is Jack and Peter Herschend leading a group across Lake Miriam in a raft. The photo was taken along the left shore, near the Grand Crevasse. The Grand Crevasse is a tricky 55-foot descent that you have to navigate to reach Lake Miriam and Lake Genevieve, which are located 300 feet below the surface in Marvel Cave. Not many pics of the lakes exist. This rare photo from the 1950s is now part of my collection!

11/29/2024

My 7-year-old wanted to stop at the truck stop with the “cool” bathrooms. The ones with the sinks that dispense soap, water and then dry your hands right from the sink. We are easily amused.

11/29/2024

Headed back to Branson so I can work tomorrow. Only 72 miles to go! Anybody want to go on a cave tour?

11/29/2024

I visited Mickey Mantle today! Most definitely the most famous person from my neck of the woods. You can find this awesome statue right on Route 66 in Commerce, OK!

11/28/2024

Happy Thanksgiving from our family to yours! We hope you had a wonderful day! We are stuffed!

11/27/2024

What a day! We are on our way to Oklahoma for Thanksgiving, and unfortunately we had to stop at a dentist. Shera had to have a tooth pulled. So the kids and I are having Whataburger next door!

11/27/2024

A glimpse into our house tonight: That’s my son Garren and his buddy Dillon Massengale. Dillon is the son of Branson fiddlers Wayne Massengale and Melody Hart. You can catch Dillon performing with his family at Wranglers HonkyTonk in Branson. He’s even had the honor of singing at the Grand Ole Opry with Rhonda Vincent!

11/26/2024

There was an amazing sunset over Branson this evening. Pictures don’t do it justice. This is the view from my house.

11/26/2024

For those of you headed to Silver Dollar City on Thanksgiving Day, the Mine Restaurant will be open to the public serving the Holiday Buffet!

11/25/2024

Shera update: aside from tiring quickly, I am feeling so much better! I really must be, cuz I’m craving my favorite snack from SDC! Is it asking too much for Corey to pack some dry ice to keep the ice cream frozen and bring this home to me? 🤷🏻‍♀️😉

11/25/2024

Back in the 1960s, Marvel Cave tours went down in front of the Liberty Bell, and then back up a set of stairs. Remnants of those stairs still exist today and can be seen right off the main trail!

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Spanish Falls, in Marvel Cave’s Cathedral Room, doesn’t flow everyday. But it is today!

Shera uses a leaf blower to clean under the couch in our basement! 😂

Crossing Bull Creek

From our drive today. Bull Creek Crossing on Dry Hollow Road. About a 15 minute drive from Branson.

Ozarks Armadillo

You never know what you’re gonna see in the Ozarks!

We’ve been seeing a lot of chipmunks lately. They are getting ready for winter. This one didn’t mind the camera!

Here’s a cool little waterfall that flows over Point Lookout at College of the Ozarks into Lake Taneycomo. Such a beautiful area!

The chimes of Williams Memorial Chapel at College of the Ozarks in Point Lookout, MO ring loudly through the day.

My kids’ favorite thing to do after dark during the fall at SDC is take a walk through Foggy Hollow. To be honest, it’s my favorite thing too!

Ring the Bell at Star School

Here is Shera ringing the bell at the Star School, a historic schoolhouse located on the campus of College of the Ozarks! And yes, it was fun to ring the bell!

I thought this was kinda cool. The Beverly Hillbillies truck at the College of the Ozarks!

Friday night in Branson

This is what Friday night is like living in Branson. The Branson Pirates are 3-0 so far! Pirate stadium is an awesome place! EDIT: THE PIRATES ARE NOW 4-0!