Missouri

Missouri One thing that my family and I have done a few times is go to Missouri. My grandparents have a motor home and we drive to Missouri from here in Sioux Falls. Every time we’ve gone it has been my grandmother, my grandfather, my sister, my cousin, and I. When the family goes to Missouri, we go to Branson for the majority of the stay. Branson has a ton of different things to do. There is a large assortment of theatres, amusement parks, museums, and other sights to see.

The long drive in the motor home isn’t ever really much of a big deal. It’s kind of like riding in a small moving house. There’s couches, chairs, a bed, and tables to hang out, so it’s not like w’re all scrunched up in a little car for hours on end. There are outlets to plug things into and there is a fridge freezer and toilet so we don’t have to stop at gas stations unless we actually need gas.

I’m really glad that we go up there in the motor home rather than in a car.My favorite thing to do when we are in Missouri would definitely have to be the amusement parks. There’s one there called Silver Dollar City, and there was also one there that was called Celebration City. To the best of my knowledge that one is shut down though. When my family goes to Silver Dollar City, it must be a good time of the year or something because there are hardly any lines for the big loopidy loop roller coaster that my sister, my cousin, and I like to go on.

At the amusement park, there are all sorts of rides though. There are rides that spin all the visitors around and make them sick, plus there are water rides, and all other sorts of things. I’m not sure where it was located on our trip to and from Missouri, but we went to Dolly Pardon's Dixie Stampede. During that show, there were many different excitements to be enjoyed. My favorite part of the show was definitely the meal. There were servers that brought out a large variety of foods to everyone. They brought out a whole rotisserie chicken for the entree. After the chicken, they brought everyone in the audience barbeque pork. The waiters and waitresses brought out a variety of vegetables, fruits, and soda pop refills in your boot cup.

There were a few shows put on by people mostly on horses, and my cousin and I were pulled out of the crowd to perform in one. When we got pulled from the crowd we were taken behind the stage and they had us put on some strange shoes. When everything was ready, they had us go out onto the sand where everyone performing was located and they told us what to do. There were women lined up on one side of the arena on horse backs, and our goal was to run to the one we wanted to ride. When we arrived there, the announcer poked fun at us and then pulled out some fake horses and said that we were riding those. My cousin and I were told to race some people on a bunch of sand around cones with two people on a stick horse. I and my cousin fell twice and looked really stupid; then we lost, and nobody won anything. This was a very stupid and fun experience.

I like taking vacations with the family every once in a while, it’s always good to keep in touch with them. Missouri will always be one of my greatest memories even until the day I die. Branson is a great place to go on a vacation young and old because there’s definitely so much to do.

Edited by Mrs. H 10/19 (Note: Include paragraphs, proof carefully and always check correct punctuation)