The day started off pretty cold, but it wasn't raining so we ventured over to Dogwood Canyon Nature Park. It was about 40 minutes away, but definitely worth the drive. It's owned by Bass Pro and everything was beautiful and so well maintained. We got there before the crowds luckily, rented bikes for the whole family, and started down the paved paths. Our first time ALL being able to ride on two wheels and go up and down the hills! It was a blast, definitely a highlight activity for all of us!
We were surprised to see that we rode all the way to Arkansas! We had wanted to stop at all the state signs along the drive to Missouri, but they all seemed a bit too dangerous to stop for along the highway, so we made sure to take pictures along our bike ride instead.
We made it to the final double waterfall at the end of the trail! 7 miles round trip, not bad for a 5 year old that's been riding a two wheeled bike for less than a year.
We loved stopping along the way to check out the water falls, caves, trout, etc. After we reached the end of the trail, we just booked it straight back to the entrance since we'd seen all the sights already. 3.5 miles straight and we all made it in record time. There were a lot more people by then too, so it was necessary to keep to the right and not run into the other bikes, but we survived and everyone had a blast. We turned in our bikes and explored this treehouse that was featured on the show "Treehouse Masters". It had a trapdoor from the inside to a hideout underneath too, we had to pry them away to go grab lunch, it was already 2:00 by this time and we were starving.
Inside the main building, they had Indian Artifacts, friendly bears, a gift shop, and a restaurant.
We stopped for lunch at Pizza by the Chef, which I had read about in advance. We had the place to ourselves, it was delish! From there we headed to Inspiration Tower (another freebie for doing the Travel Club presentation). Where we met the owner of Diskey the Frisbee Dog (he's on youtube and possibly will be on America's Got Talent this spring). He was a nice man who worked at Inspiration Tower. Great views, but glad we didn't pay $10/person just to ride an elevator! :)
We rested at home for a bit, grabbed some dinner at a great little hamburger/BBQ joint, and then went to our next show we had tickets for, Hamner's Unbelievable Variety Show. We had front row seats!! Thanks to the travel club presentation peeps! Levi and Lex got called up on stage during the pre-show. Lex had to "name that tune" for a TV show, but was given the only theme song he didn't know (he says). Levi had to compete against an older gentleman by being the first to stack 5 big bolts using a chop stick, he won!! And got a magic coloring book. So fun!
The show was great.....a lot of typical magic tricks....sawing the lady in half, slight of hand stuff, etc. Plus an aerial cirque du soleil type act, impersonators, singing, etc. It was definitely entertaining. And no one fell asleep, which I kind of expected Kyler too since it wasn't over to 10 pm.
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