OUR DEPARTURE TO BRANSON LANDING WAS 3:00 PM.  10-MINUTES SOUTH ON HWY 65, WE ENCOUNTERED A MAJOR ACCIDENT WHICH DELAYED US DRAMATICALLY.  DURING THE TRIP SOUTH, OUR POOR PRESIDENT & HOST WAS HAVING A challenging TIME REACHING ANNY AND BETTY ON HIS CELL PHONE.  THEY WERE AT THE JOE'S BAR ANXIOUSLY anticipating HOW MANY MEMBERS WERE ON THEIR WAY FOR DINNER.  YOU MUST UNDERSTAND, JOE'S CRAB SHACK DOES NOT TAKE RESERVATIONS, subsequently IT WAS A LITTLE TRICKY FOR ANNY TO GET OUR DINNER PLANS COORDINATED.   initially, SHE TOLD THE MANAGER WE WOULD HAVE APPROXIMATELY 35 CLUB MEMBERS.  WHAT A SHOCK ANNY, BETTY AND THE MANAGER MUST HAVE HAD WHEN THEY LEARNED 50+ WERE ON THEIR WAY... HUNGRY AND THIRSTY!  MUCH TO OUR SURPRISE, WHEN the group ARRIVED AT BRANSON LANDING, OUR TABLES & MENUS WERE READY AND WAITING.

JOE'S CRAB SHACK WAS FILLED TO THE BRIM WITH CUSTOMERS AND MANY MORE WERE WAITING UP TO 2-HOURS OUTSIDE. WE ALL ENJOYED VISITING AND OUR DINNER.  THERE WERE SEVERAL NEW MEMBERS THAT ATTENDED OUR EVENT AND WE ALL WELCOME THEM TO VINTAGE VETTES OF THE OZARKS .  OUR OWN RICK H. DANCED WITH ONE OF OUR WAITRESSES WHILE WE ALL WATCHED AND ENJOYED HIS ANTICS.  HE DID HIS BEST TO GET KAREN C. ON THE DANCE FLOOR BUT SHE QUICKLY DECLINED!

AFTER DINNER, MEMBERS WENT THEIR OWN DIRECTION TO DISCOVER BRANSON LANDING AND ALL THE exquisite SHOPPES.  EVERY HOUR THE FOUNTAIN/FIRE SHOW WAS DISPLAYED AS THE TIFFANY CHRISTOPHER BAND ENTERTAINED THE CROWD. 

AS USUAL, BEFORE THE SUN WAS DOWN, WE ALL WERE HEADING TO OUR RESPECTIVE HOMES.  WE DO HOPE BEN AND MARY BETH W. RETURNED TO THEIR HOUSE WITHOUT C3 difficulty.

HOW WONDERFUL TO HAVE SO MANY GREAT FRIENDS TOGETHER!