Trips we took without going halfway around the world.
We went fishing in Michigan for King Salmon again this year. We fished in a creek called Bear Creek. We have to book our cabin a year in advance to get a room. Last year there wasn’t a lot of fish and they were small. This year was totally different. I have never seen as many fish as were there this year. They were also a lot of large fish. In addition to this...
Branson is known for its shows and for Silver Dollar City. However, There’s a lot more to do there. There are all kinds of attractions and stuff for everyone in the family. One of the first attractions we did was the Runaway Mountain Coaster. You each get your own ‘car’. It takes you about a half a mile up the mountain and then you coast down...
Branson is probably best known for the shows there. They range from musicals to comedies to live plays. They are usually very well done and world-class productions. The advantage of seeing shows at Branson is that most of them are very family-friendly. Cool sign at The Haygoods. We saw 5 shows while we were there. The first one we saw was Reza, the illusionist. They...
Silver Dollar City is the big amusement park near Branson. It has small shows and a lot into the park of rides. It’s built on hilly ground, so the one big hill going down into the park was ticky to get Marty down in a wheelchair. Other than that, it was a decent amusement park and had a lot of neat roller coasters. Hattie and I were the only ones to go on...
Over Spring break, we took a trip to Branson, Missouri. We took my 15-year-old daughter and a friend of hers. It’s a great family destination. I don’t think you can run out of stuff to do at Branson. (You can run out of money though.) We booked a condo through VRBO. It worked well for us except that it was on the second floor. This made it a little more...
The last day we were in Grand Rapids, we went up to Cedar Creek to Deer Tracks Junction. It’s a privately run animal farm and safari. You can choose to go through the safari or the petting zoo. Or you can choose both for a different price. I highly recommend doing both. They are both incredible. We chose to go through the Safari first. You can buy a small...
Last summer we took a short family vacation to Grand Rapids Michigan. Normally when you think of vacationing in Michigan, you think of Traverse City or Mackinac Island. I was afraid they would be crowded in the middle of the summer, so I chose Grand Rapids instead. We went on VRBO and rented a very nice house for three days. As soon as we got there, we went to...
In early October, we went fishing for Chinook Salmon, also called King Salmon. They come into the rivers at that time to spawn. Most of their life is spent in Lake Michigan, then they return to the river or creek where they were born to spawn. They only spawn once and then they die. They start coming up in September and are done in October. The fish aren’t...