The move has been pretty stressful on us so far, even though Kim’s company is taking care of many of the details. This weekend we needed to get our minds off of it for a little while, so we took a little road trip. I’ve often found that nothing clears my mind like a little time out on the road.

We woke up fairly early on Saturday and decided to make the drive down to Branson, Missouri, the “family-friendly Las Vegas.” It has this nickname because of the many shows that take place on the strip along with the flashy lights and slow moving traffic. What they don’t tell you is that it’s a retiree’s paradise. They bring the elderly folks in by the tourist bus load. I’ve never seen such a slow moving city in my life!

We got into Branson just before dinner time and quickly decided to head down to a local Italian restaurant called Rocky’s. We attempted to drive down the strip to get all the way to the historic Branson downtown, but quickly detoured around the traffic on one of the outer routes. Luckily our dinner tasted excellent and arrived very fast. From there we decided to head back to our hotel and relax for the evening. The traffic we experienced earlier was enough to make us hide in our room all night long.

Tomorrow I’ll give you day two our adventure…

Branson on Dwellable