Wednesday, June 3, 2009

May 31, 2009

Geocaching, Fish Hatchery, Table Rock Lake, Wine Tasting

We really are not into watching old performers entertain for a huge price so we went in search of the cheap stuff.  VERY hard to find in Branson.  Do a web search on cheap or free Branson.  It’s all about the money in one form or another here. 

I looked up a few geocaches and we started our day with those.  We were not disappointed.  Several interesting spots or good views or both.

Between my fingers is a geocache we found in a cemetery.  Yes, that is a cache not much larger than a pencil eraser.  We have seen a couple more of these.

magnetic cache, on a fence post

Forty foot observation tower on top of a knob where we found a cache.  Great views of Branson from the top.

tower

Next stop Table Rock Lake Dam and Visitors center.  Great views and lots of information.  Below the dam is a fish hatchery.  Rainbow Trout.  Non native (think California Sierras) but raised here to stock one lake.  There were some very big fish there. 

fish

Our way back from the hatchery happened to pass by the Stone Mountain Winery.  This Branson branch of the main winery located near St. Louis ages sherry and bottles two types of spumonti (sp?).  Not sure why they do those functions at the remote site but it does give it a reason to call itself a winery instead of just a store.  We took the tour.  The movie was ten minutes.  The functional part (how to bottle and cork sparkling wine) was less than ten minutes.  The wine tasting was nearly 30 minutes long.  We tasted over twenty different wines with constant banter from our guide.  Best wine tasting I have ever been on by far.  Some of the wines really appealed to us for taste or character but there is only so much room in the carbus so we passed. 



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