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Branson, KOA Daily dog walk while at the KOA Cute Downtown Branson Us and the "normal" trailers, that usually only have 2 people in them.  Aren't we cute!? Despite the freezing cold forecast, we were determined to enjoy our 2nd annual Branson, MO trip. We knew it might snow and definitely would be bitter cold while we were there, but we were determined to go on with our plans and adjust them if needed. It turned out to be a good thing because while it did sleet and snow a bit on our first day there, the worst of the storm went farther north of us.  The cold weather did cause a few adjustments to our trip. For example, with a high below freezing, hiking was out. Instead, we went to historic downtown and enjoyed looking around and shopping. Their historic downtown is super cute. I will say it was hard to sleep at night in the pop up. Normally, we run one heater turned about halfway up and stay comfortably warm, but here with lows in the

Yay! Girls placed 2nd in their division and played hard for 1st and just barely came up short. Well, we were blessed more rain AGAIN, but this time we got a nice drop in temperatures to go with it. Our yard is so saturated it literally can no longer absorb water. There are puddles of stagnant water every where. Of course, several businesses still have their sprinklers going off because apparently 29 inches of rain in three months just isn't quite enough.          During one of these last rain spells, we had to go to the store. As we were turning the corner to get onto the highway, my daughter noticed an almost frozen soaking wet chicken in the ditch. Yep, in the country you find stray chickens instead of stray dogs. So of course, the immediate (and some what dire need I might add) of getting groceries came to a halt and a chicken rescue mission ensued because "we can't leave Speckles in the rain". Yes, my kids had already named the mangy half dead hen. The poor