Rewarding

It's a great feeling to be able to watch children grown up, especially as a photographer.  I photographed her mother's maternity pictures, and all the way up to these two current ones.  There are many parts about being a photographer that can be so rewarding. 

Branson, Missouri | Ride the Ducks

The first ten or so pictures I took down on Branson Landing.  If memory serves me right I believe that is Lake Taneycomo (please correct me if I am wrong).  After being there for a few days I just came to the conclusion that there is a great deal of water that flows through Branson, and depending on where you are it may have a different name.  At night they had a very pretty fire and water on the landing with music that lasted for about an hour or so.  I should also tell you that this was my very first time in Branson, and now that I live a little closer i plan on making more trips there in the future. 

-Every now and again I like to include some of the very helpful websites that I used-

http://www.bransontourismcenter.com

http://www.branson-missouri.com

https://maps.google.com

This is the hotel that we stayed in the time that we were there.  I really would recommend it; as it was reasonably close to everything that we did.  The only issue was the traffic, but I found out really quick that it is hard to avoid traffic in Branson. 

http://bransonstonecastle.com/

Also, right across the street from our Hotel was this great winery call Mount Pleasant Winery.  If you ever get the chance to go, I would highly recommend it. 

http://www.mountpleasant.com

After a great deal of consideration, I finally gave in to riding the ducks.  I was convinced that it was just a mere ride around town showing off some of Branson's better sites.  I stand corrected! Not only was it an informative ride, it gave some great pieces of history from WWII.  These are some of the pictures that I took along the way.  Not some of the greatest, but for me, it isn't really easy taking pictures from a moving vehicle. I guess I just haven't mastered that yet. 

The three photos above were taken as we drove across the Table Rock Dam.  The photos below I took while driving to the top of Bear Mountain.  I could be wrong about this, but I beleive that our tour guide informed us that riding the ducks was presently the only way to get to the top.  He also stated that if the temperature is anything over 100 degrees that the "ducks" wouldn't go on the mountain.  The heat is just to hard on the equipment.  It also makes for a more enjoyable ride if you go when the whether is cooler.

These next four photos are the view from the top of Bear Mountain looking down on Table Rock or Lake Taneycomo.  Depending on which way you are looking.  I'm really not sure which is which.  

This flag was at the very top of Bear Mountain.

These next photos are some of the war vehicles that you see on the way up the mountain.

These are where taken as we road out across the water.

...And going back across the dam.

And back to the finish! Great Ride!  I would highly recommemd it to anyone if given the chance.  I really is rather inexpensive as well. 

http://www.ridetheducks.com/home.aspx

Lastly we stopped off at the Shepherd of the Hills Fish Hatchery.  Again, pretty neat to see the process in action.

http://mdc.mo.gov/regions/southwest/shepherd-hills-fish-hatchery

This is quite possibly the longest blog that I have ever done, but I had a great time!  I would like to encourage anyone who has never been to Branson to give it a try.  I definitely plan on going back in the future. And a very patriotic place too!