Ep. 163: Table Rock Lake | Branson Missouri RV travel camping kayaking
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- After moving every weekend since mid-May we honestly need a break, so we're staying on for two full weeks in a lakeside campground at Waters Edge on Table Rock Lake, at the Port of Kimberling outside of the resort town of Branson, Missouri. In this week's episode of Grand Adventure we'll explore Branson and its surroundings a bit, but we'll spend most of our time soaking up the sun and relaxing on the lake, with a little bit of kayaking thrown in, too.
Filmed: July 11-25, 2020
CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
2:10 Waters Edge on Table Rock Lake
6:13 Table Rock Lake
8:33 Branson, Missouri
11:52 Top of the Rock
15:38 Big Cedar Lodge
18:20 Kayaking Table Rock Lake
22:38 Using an RV Power Management System/RV Surge Protector
24:25 Wrap-up
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Branson: Where Pigeon Forge meets Las Vegas. Thanks for the tour Marc!
LOL! That's a fairly apt description.
Glad you liked our state and area. You made a great tourism video for the lake there. I live exactly one hours drive NW of that campground. Beautiful down there and great fishing. We have much to be thankful for in the Missouri Ozarks! Do come back again. Have a wonderful week!
You too Joyce, and thank you! You're very kind. We had a marvelous time at Table Rock Lake, it was so relaxing in the middle of a summer that just felt to us like "go-go-go!"
i'm glad you took some time to smell the roses.
We needed it, Joe. It was a great refresher that prepared us for the miles ahead.
Top of the Rock is stunning.
It truly was.
Marc, another FANTASTIC video. We truly like the Branson area a little over an hour from home. The area has a lot of good camping spots. Can’t wait for the next Grand Adventure. Stay safe
Thank you Gary! What a wonderful area to have right in your back yard.
I’m so glad to have had the opportunity to visit this area. So beautiful!
It truly is, Tim. As you saw we only planned to stay there a week, but the area convinced us to stay on for a very rare second week.
Hi Marc, enjoyed watching you kayak. I haven't kayaked much outside of Colorado, apart from an Elephant Butte trip a year ago. That place looks like fun, I ought to do it. As far as Branson. I don't recall seeing that ferris wheel last time I been there, must be new. Last time I came was the year after the tornado, 8 or 9 years ago. There was a chicken restaurant with a large chicken out front, I suppose that isn't there anymore. That place had pretty good chicken, always went there. Good video.
Thanks Eric! I don't recall the chicken, but that doesn't mean it wasn't there. There's a lot to distract your attention along Country Boulevard.
Good evening friends! We're just now able to get back to TH-cam with our schedule being so chaotic the last couple of months.
Beautiful and informative video about the area! Vicki and I loved being able to meet up with you guys!
Thanks for the shout out and we hope to see y'all again soon!
Welcome back, you two! We truly enjoyed spending time with both of you, and we look forward to the next time.
Marc... Good morning. Sitting at the job site waiting for the sun to come up. Last night's premiere was really cool. It was awesome to see Table Rock and Branson again. I need to get back down there. Been a long time.
Monday's storm was intense. Worst I've ever seen in my sixty years. Heavy, heavy rain with crazy lightning. But the wind. 80 to 100 mph. And it lasted for well over an hour. I was driving between jobs when it hit. After the close encounter I had with the trampoline. I decided to pull off the road and wait it out. I did get some pretty good video though. When it finally passed. I couldn't believe the damage. Trees and power lines down everywhere. Took me over two hours to get home. And I was only about twelve miles from my apartment. When I got there. It looked like a war zone. Every tree in the complex took a hit. And of course, no power. Over 100,000 in Des Moines alone without power.
I went to the storage lot and picked up my RV. So thankful I had a back up plan. Got back home and set up in the parking lot. Fired up the generator. Turned on the A/C and T/V. And moved my food from my apartment into the RV fridge. I think I'm the only one who didn't lose a bunch of groceries. Needless to say. I was a pretty popular guy in the complex.
As of this morning. Power is starting to come back on around the city. But still out on our end of town. Maybe by tonight. I'm hoping. Life truly is a Grand Adventure.
Can't wait to see what you've been doing around Lake Superior. We used to go diving there quite a lot. I you're into wreck diving. It's the best place in the U.S. And the scenery isn't bad either.
Well the sun is up now. Better get to work. As always, stay safe and well.
Randy in Des Moines. 👍✌
So happy that you're safe, Randy. We heard about that storm -- my manager lives in Chicago and she's been without power, too. I've also been seeing photos of wrecked RV parks on social media. Sounds like some absolutely crazy straightline winds that stretched for a considerable distance across middle America.
We're really enjoying ourselves up here. We based two nights in Ishpeming in the hopes of seeing the US Ski Hall of Fame & Museum as well as Painted Rocks, but the Hall is limiting its hours right now and unbeknownst to us, those limited hours didn't coincide with our visit to Ishpeming. We're now further west in L'Anse right on the Keweenau Bay, and this area is delightfully underpopulated and underutilized. Next week we're in Bayfield, WI where we hope to kayak among the sea caves of the Apostle Islands before finally leaving the Lake Superior area and continuing westward.
Have a great day at work! And here's hoping that your power is restored by the time your work day is done.
Mark, awesome video! The shots were spectacular, great eye.
Thank you so very much!
Thanks for your advice . have a nice safe trip !
Wishing you the same.
Hi Marc!
We just got back from a week stay in Branson. There is so many things one can do there and we just scratched the surface. We did seventeen things in seven days and are planning to come back in the future.
We rented a boat out of Indian Point and only managed to get to the bridge at Kimberly. We stopped four times for a swim - water was at a perfect temperature.
We spent a good part of the day at Top of the Rock. We rented the golf cart and did the drive. It was pretty cool: lots of waterfalls, bridges and a cave. The museum at the golf course is fantastic! I think it was one of the most extensive, impressive Indian museums that I have seen. There was also a good deal of Civil War era displays in there. We spent a few hours in there and we were pretty hungry by the time we got to the Civil War part. Alas, another time.
The restaurant food was delicious and the view there was beautiful.
We also went to Dogwood Canyon Park and rented bicycles. That was another wonderful time - lots of bridges and waterfalls by way of an easy paved path that runs for three plus miles into Arkansas.
There are many caves in Missouri and Talking Caves was pretty neat. It is pretty vertical, so not so good for those who have walking or going up and down stair issues. There is also Fantastic Caverns and that one is a driving tour.
I see that I have fallen a little behind in Grand Adventure videos so I have a little catching up to do!
Thank you for your work in all this.
Ram
Sounds like you had a blast! I'm guessing that the RV stayed home in California. There is indeed a ton of stuff there, and we almost felt guilty just lazily floating around the lake instead of filming a bunch of different places for all of you, but in the end we got over that guilt after just a few minutes. 😉 We did make a half-hearted effort to rent a boat, but the marina at Table Rock was booked out for about 3 weeks so we didn't try anywhere else, and the money we would've spent on a boat ended up going back into our axle repairs anyway. 😥
Hah!
We only scheduled a week and didn’t want to spend the driving out and back. Once I retire, then the time won’t matter.
We originally thought we would get there and just relax and maybe do one thing a day. Little did we know.... I think we always say that when we go somewhere.
Kind of like going to a buffet and telling yourself that you are only going to have a salad. 😏
Ram
@@laughingram7287 love the analogy! So true.
Great drone footage. Moving every week? I would rather stay two weeks. A break is needed. I’m not interested in that touristy stuff either. I prefer the history. Lakeside for $ 20 is awesome. We aren’t Passport members but maybe we should be. Great name for that campground. This town reminds me of Pigeon Forge. The museum was cool. Love historical buildings too. That statue was magical. Awesome view from a chapel. Where is that waterfalls? Beautiful. I love canoeing if there is no chance a motor boat will go near me. The water looks a bit rough? We are lucky to have a built in surge protector. I don’t blame you for staying there for two weeks. You need to do this more often. Alice
Thanks as always Alice! We're typically ready to move on after a week, this was an exception. And the parallels between Branson and Pigeon Forge are indeed obvious, especially with many of the same businesses and venues. Those waterfalls are on the property of Johnny Morris' Big Cedar Lodge.
Grand Adventure Thanks. I’m making a waterfall list 🤣
Totally agree about Branson. Plus 1776 Country Music Blvd is also known as the world's largest parking lot. I got my only speeding ticket in my life in Branson. Extremely well edited Marc!
Thanks as always TR! We wanted to see the Branson area, but didn't want to deal with all of the hubbub. That spot out in Kimberling City was perfect.
Looks like a wonderful place to unwind and enjoy life. Thank you for the break from my everyday life. :) GREEN T-SHIRT! My favourite!
Glad you enjoyed it Suzane! Love your comment, thank you
Thanks Marc! You taught me about some new things in my home state that I have not experienced. Keep up the great video production.
Thank you John! Glad that you enjoyed it.
Just beautiful! Enjoy your down time!! Love the drone footage. 😉🇨🇦👍👣 another one of you best vids!!
Thanks Marian 👍
Always enjoy your page. Thanks for the way you present and show awesome things. Keep RVing and enjoying life.
Thanks so much Steve! You do the same.
Wow what a place to stay, I would stay an extra week too, just to simply relax, never been to Branson before touristy places like that aren't our thing, but it looks nice, lodge on top of the rock was really interesting, along with cedar lodge, kayaking looked enjoyable, another great video, thanks Marc
Thanks Gary. We usually avoid the touristy places too, or stay just far enough away that we can sample the touristy stuff and still enjoy the area's natural beauty. This was definitely the latter.
We love Branson Mo. And we loved Dolly Parton’s Stampede.
We truly enjoyed our time in the area.
I live 3 minutes from that bridge in Kimberly city..sometimes I forget just how beautiful this place really is...that is a very nice campground we've stayed there in our camper and have also stayed in the cabins..it's a wonderful place to live and iam truly greatful....God bless.
You should be very proud of your area, Lee -- it's a wonderful place to visit. Thanks so much for watching!
Marc,
I can see why you stayed an extra week. Very nice camp grounds. People, but not sardines.
Great... now that I have seen Branson, I don't have to go.
Very smart how they placed some of their statues out on the water... where idiots can't knock them over. They really thought that one through...
They should place a small plaque by the statue on the water, saying, "Come and get me screw!"
No doubt that will cause some clamour...
Gord
Gord, Branson definitely serves a different market than what we typically seek for ourselves. However, we found Table Rock Lake to be 15 miles, yet a world away.
@@GrandAdventure Indeed, Marc...
Gord
Hi, GA. Nice green area with lots to do. Kayaking looks fun. Thanks for sharing! Stay healthy!
Thank you Jon, you do the same!
Beautiful place to relax. Great video Marc.
Thank you JT!
Glad you're coming to my state, Illinois, where there's more than corn! I always watch your episodes, sometimes more than once! :)
Appreciate that! We made one stop in your state this trip, exploring everything Lincoln around the Springfield area. We'll have that video for you tomorrow night!
Pretty area; amazing in Fall when the leaves are changing color.
We can believe that.
Excellent vid Marc.
Thanks as always John!
Knocked it out of the park again, great job, beautiful lake.
Thanks as always Scott!
We enjoy your videos.
Thank you Martha, we enjoy your comments!
amazing 👍👍👍
Thank you!
Great episode as always! Nice resort! Loved the kayaking! You made me want to check it out! Glad you took some extra time to stay settled!
Thanks as always Tom!
I lived in shell knob in the early 70s to late,, I remember Branson one of if not, the first water slide, ate my first Mc Donald there, wasn't another around, Branson was not much then, we used to dive off of 50 foot bluffs into hundred foot waters, then skinny dip all.night, life was good, oh yeal silver dollar city
Cool memories, Jackie!
Another great video, Marc. Always look forward to seeing where you've been. Head on down to Louisiana sometime. The welcome mat is always out ! Safe travels...
I've long been fascinated by Louisiana, George, so we will get there one day for sure! Appreciate that.
WOW! Looks like it was an incredibly enjoyable trip! Some really great footage, it felt like I was there with you, I guess I'll need to add Missouri to the list Just stumbled across your channel and can't wait to see more. Travel is my primary passion, and the main reason I started my financial journey, and travel hacking in the first place!
Glad you enjoyed it Moneybee! Welcome to the Grand Adventure, appreciate your comments.
Loved the video. I've been going to Branson since I was little. Table Rock is one of My most favorite places on earth!
And, FYI, the golf cart tour at Top of the Rock IS worth the $$. Silver Dollar City is the most unique amusement park EVER!
Dogwood Canyon is another magical place. PS - there are several beautiful COE campgrounds that are only $10 - $12 per night on Table Rock. Thanks for the report!
Glad you enjoyed it! We looked at a bunch of the COE parks; Mill Creek in particular impressed us. Unfortunately, nearly all were closed due to high water conditions during our visit.
We get to Branson at least once per year. After Thanksgiving is always nice when they are gearing up for Christmas. Table Rock State Park has a great campground with full or partial hookups. Great video. Thanks for sharing your adventures!
And thank you for watching and sharing your thoughts, Jim! I'm sure it's beautiful around the Thanksgiving time.
Enjoyed the video and have been to Top of the Rock twice while staying at Cedar Falls.
Glad you enjoyed the video, Brian. Thank you!
Lots to do there. And nice paddling there too! I am finally in the mid stages of selling my house! Yeah!! Once gone it's time to travel. Dog, kayak, some dive gear, cameras, and other essential stuff...oh yes skis too. Have to re-roof the TT, add some solar panels, add on additional essential gear and off I go! May even see you on the road! Another very good video.
You can do it Sharon! Hope to see you out there. If you find yourself at Alta, we'll make some turns.
Had my rig out the last three days. Great park at casino, winery, mountains and my brothers house . Short trip but a good time. Missed live show today but I'll be ready next week.
Better doing that than sitting around watching TH-cam, J! That sounds like a brief yet wonderful trip.
Love your channel
Yep best take time for you. ALL Your work is awesome THANK YOU from OK. Sr solo gal.🤩
Thank you so much Janice!
Marc, enjoyed your visit and tour of SW Missouri. Safe travels.
Thank you Mike, and thanks for watching!
Glad you took a breather! Enjoy!
So are we, thank you!
Hey, not sure when you were there, but I'm sure it was hot, probably not like It was in Moab, anyway we're a 100 east of there if you're looking for another place to rest. Thank's for sharing, oh we ran into rvtv guy Russ at Glen Canyon, that's me and my cousin husband Rick at the beginning, hopefully you're enjoying the Ozarks as much as we did your state. Check out Mill Creek campground while you're still there.
It was definitely hot while we were there, Dave, but that gave us a chance to enjoy the refreshment of the lake. So glad that you enjoyed Utah! Appreciate the offer, but we are now in far northern Wisconsin. And we loved Mill Creek campground, unfortunately it was closed to high water during our visit.
@@GrandAdventure still, we had reservations for the 4th there but got canceled because the same reason, but if you make back this way, check out Bull Shoals White River campground, it on the river below the dam very nice place, well we hope to go back out to Dead Horse again, it's awesome, safe travels.
@@camperbum thanks for the tips, and same to you!
Awesome area, we've been waiting for this video. We did the same thing and stayed longer once we arrived and saw how great the area was, thanks Marc! FYI, our surge protector is internal(hardwired)and would not be seen from the outside of the rig.
Glad you enjoyed it Stu! Yep, we're sure that in some cases we're not seeing folks' hard-wired PMS's, but in the vast majority of cases we presume that folks are hooking up unprotected. (OK, that didn't sound right. 😄 )
@@GrandAdventure you can in trouble with no protection
@@stuwardw 😁
If you get a chance. Check out Dog Wood Canyon. About 15 minutes south of Kimberling City. Also owned by Johnny Morris.
We almost did, Bob. Alas, that was 3 weeks ago. We are now in the UP of Michigan.
We need to get there but are usually in too much of a hurry to get to Texas - Not this year! So maybe?
Sounds like a plan being formulated.
Tardy to the party! Watching, my brother in law’s hometown ...I hear about Branson all the time 😄 thanks Marc
Hope you enjoyed it Johanna! Hope to see you in an upcoming Wednesday night "party".
Table Rock really is beautiful. I know there's a federal campground around there we stayed at years ago too. The other side of the dam is Lake Taneycomo, which is the coldest lake in Missouri, as the water is drawn from the bottom of the dam, and is good trout fishing. I was never a fan of Branson, but I do love the lakes down there. Glad you had a good time in our lovely state!
Thank you! And we did. We had a longtime electronic friend stop by to meet one morning while we were there, and he's an avid fisherman and told us about the great trout fishing on Taneycomo. We were very impressed with some of the USACOE campgrounds we saw on the lake, especially Mill Creek south of the bridge, but most were closed due to high water conditions during our visit.
ZACH DREW
Great video. I may have to try kayaking. :)
Thanks for joining us at tonight's Premiere event! Go rent one to give it a try. One tip (pun intended) is choose a sit-in, rather than a sit-on-top. Your center of gravity is at the waterline that way and not above it, thus it's far more stable.
Great video...What kayak is that
Thank you Bill! It's a 14.5 ft Necky Looksha Sport. They still make that model, but it looks radically different than this older one that I'm using. They kind of got away from that Greenland shaped hull over the intervening years.
Don`t blame you for staying, a really nice campground.
It was, especially at $20/night FHU in that lakeside location.
@@GrandAdventure well it`s my kind of place and glad you had the surge guard. Great video as usual. Thanks for bringing us along with todays going ons about the only thing I watch is some of you you tubers.
@@captainmc0685 so happy to hear that we're providing an escape for you, thank you.
When you go over that bridge across table rock lake its another city below you that the government flooded back in the day!
We believe it Maurice! In many of those dam projects, most towns and villages were built along the river.
I get a camping discount at my state parks by being old. : )
You've earned it Bert!
Remember Missouri is fly-over country. Nothing to see here... oh wait...
Nope, nothing at all to see. Keep moving on. 😉
Beautiful what color is the water is it clear
It's fairly clear, Monick, with a slight translucent green finish.
Marc,
Lots of kayaking this year... and now you're up in the UP with even more yaking to attend to. Sounds like a great year... less the axle fuss! What's up for this fall?
Gord
Fall has yet to be determined, Gord. Getting out of the arid Intermountain West has certainly opened up more paddling opportunities than usual. We're on Keweenau Bay now, so I'll get out a little bit this week, but I'm looking forward to our proximity to the sea caves of the Apostle Islands next week.
@@GrandAdventureMarc,
Apostle Islands are really neat. I have seen videos on them. That's a whole days drive just to transverse the UP... let alone approach it from Minnesota.
Have you been up to Arcadia Nat Park in Maine? Very beautiful... different kind of rocky beauty... different like the barrier islands of the Golf Coast, vastness...
Gord
thanks for your video . what name of your trailer and how much dry weight . what car you use to tow it
We have since changed RVs, but that was a 2016 Evo T2050 that we towed with a Toyota Tundra. It had a dry weight of 5700 lb. and a gross weight of 7,500 lb.
@@GrandAdventure Thanks . I have nissan armada towing the heartland malard which the dry weight is 5700. not sure can tow or not . thanks
@@anniegao6463 my advice: don't exceed 80% of your rated towing capacity or tongue weight capacity.
Hey how was the visable there. We have same set you have and I work remotely. Did you have good signal?
It was congested there, so our signal on Visible was iffy. Decent signal but disappointing throughput rats. We turned to AT&T for that stop. The campground WiFi was completely unreliable.
thanks.@@GrandAdventure
Great video, my friend! Lovely kayaking! Best way to relax, haveing some whater adventure isn't it? 😉 The nature Is amazing, too.. What area is that? Enjoyed watching a lot! Cheers from Russia, mate , and how about visiting my channel as well? I've got something to share about floating, camping, and other! Anyway, best wishes in all your plans and beginnings! Regards, Yuriy!
Thanks Yuriy! Same from us to you. Table Rock Lake is in Missouri, in the south-central part of the U.S.
You missed Silver Dollar City
We did. Not sure how open it was with the whole COVID situation, but we probably would've passed on an amusement park anyway. I love a good roller coaster, but other than that, amusement parks really aren't our thing.
Our RV club is going to Branson next week, but we will not make it.
😥
Where else to visit in Missouri?
Our travels there have been limited, but we've heard good things about the Buffalo River in NW Arkansas.
You spent how many tens of thousands of dollars on your nice RV and you're worried about spending a couple of hundred dollars on a surge protector to protect your investment??
Are you new?
You apparently didn't listen very carefully to our commentary on surge protectors in this video.
Was this before COVID-19? Hope so as I saw nobody wearing mask which would be deadly for the typical Branson visitor. Overweight and old
Nope, filmed a few weeks ago. Most folks were practicing appropriate social distancing.
A lot of my fellow Missourians just do not seem to take it seriously outside of the cities.
Love Marc’s videos, but it’s insane to see so many people not wearing masks, as well as hanging out at indoor bars, etc. It’s no wonder why the pandemic is so out of control.