Table Rock Getaway

We are off & headed down to Table Rock State Park down by Branson, MO for 5 days of fun & much needed time away after all that has gone down with Bubba last week. It will do us some good to get away from the house & all the reminders of our beloved boy & have some fun as a family!

We had never been to Table Rock Lake or Branson so we were excited to get down there & check it out. We left late morning & our drive only took us 3 hours to get down there & find the State Park. Unfortunately, we had a little mishap driving into the state park....or what we thought was the state park.

The signs were poorly marked & we may have taken a wrong turn which found us heading towards the marina with nowhere to turn around or back up. It was not a pretty moment in the truck - tensions were high, Shane was frustrated & pissed, Mason was crying & I was sick to my stomach. We had no idea how we were going to get turned around with a 39 foot RV behind us.

Shane ended up getting out of the truck & walked 1/4 mile to the marina to look around for a place to back up & turn around. He came back 20 minutes later & said "I don't see anywhere for us turn around. F*ck it - we are just going to head into the parking lot & try to turn around in there". I had to put all my faith in him, his driving abilities & hope for the best.

We made our way into the parking lot with lots of stares from onlookers & by the grace of God he found a small area by the maintenance garage that he could pull into & back up. I know my husband drives tractor-trailers for a living but I am always amazed at how he can back those things into an area as small as a gnat's ass & always make it look so easy! Well he continued to amaze me today because after some maneuvering & instruction from his lovely wife we finally got turned around, made our way out of the marina & took the correct turn into the campsite.

Once we pulled in, we breathed easy & got the RV all set up at our new home away from home:

When we are setting up the RV, Shane always does all the outside checks & hook-ups while I always do the inside stuff. We kind of make a good team when it comes to getting the RV ready :)

After everything was done we ate supper, cleaned up & then went for a walk around the campsite & watched a beautiful sunset at the marina.

Day one was in the books & we were excited for what was in store for the next few days!