Ahh...Vacation

My wife and I are spending a long weekend down at Table Rock Lake. For those of you who don’t know where Table Rock Lake is, it’s in Southwest Missouri, a mere stones throw from two of America’s great sociology experiments: Arkansas and Branson Missouri. Just a few of the interesting things I’ve seen:

The Rich Dude and His Inheritor

Last night at our resort I spied a curious entourage heading for one of the large yachts in the marina:

• Very old rich dude (walking, but near death).
• An Anna Nicole Smith looking chick wearing way too much makeup, stripper heels and a really bad outfit, holding the above skeleton’s hand.
• A few folks that looked to be his immediate family.
• A servant / attendant carrying a box of liquor
• A nurse clad in scrubs (obviously there to perform CPR on the dude (or not, if Anna requested)
• Two poodle/Bichon frizse looking things being towed by Anna.

I sooooo wish that I had a picture to share. Mental note: Get iPhone.

The Great Mall Experiment

Today my wife dragged me kicking and screaming to an outlet mall (yes I survived). Going to an outlet mall close to the Arkansas border is one massive sociology experiment and allows you to observe first hand the obesity epidemic in America. Scary. Really scary. Again…need to get Smartphone.

Branson

Ah Branson – the Midwest’s own version of Vegas sans porn. In our short drive down the “strip” I think I saw every fast food and franchised restaurant in America in one location along with dinner theaters featuring every has been of American musical/comedy fame. Scary but true, Dolly Parton has her Dixieland Stampede, Roy Clark has his theater, Yakov Smirnov does a show and even the Osmonds have a musical. Yup, its frightening – but its Branson.