Here and About- Branson, Missouri

The water shoreline
 of Table Rock Lake-
Branson, Missouri.
Table Rock Lake is an artificial lake 
or reservoir in the Ozarks 
of southwestern Missouri 
and northwestern  Arkansas.
The lake is impounded by Table Rock Dam
  constructed from 1954 to 1958 
on the White River 
by the  U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

View from the Chateau on the Lake Resort

in Branson, Missouri.
Branson is an Ozark town known 
as a family vacation destination.
It once hosted mostly country
 music performers but now has a 
diverse entertainment lineup.

This hotel actually sits on a pretty dramatic hill.
chateauonthelake

I had heard we were going to Branson 

but I thought it was a St. Louis suburb.

 It is a 4 hour car drive from the St. Louis airport.

We were gathered here for a Grace Place Wellness retreat-

 with the new LCMS District Presidents
 elected this past year.
 It was a wonderful respite time for 
people in a stressful ministry life.
THANK YOU to Grace Place Wellness.

A mural painted on a building 

in historic downtown.

The fountains downtown Branson-

that "play" to music playing.

  We went to see the 

Sight and Sound of Samson.

 It was very well done.

Prayer Notes from our Grace Place session.

Here is a bit more info-
graceplacewellness

A lovely hibiscus 

on a walk.

Some beautiful things

 in a downtown store.

On the drive back to St. Louis we found

 some fun antique shops in Ozark, Missouri.
 Here and about-
mid-West style.

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