Day 6 was one of Jesse's most exciting day. We were due at the Bass Pro Shop in Springfield at 11:00am to take a tour of the entire store. this store being the headquarters of BPS is much larger than the rest, with many aquariums,gun range,archery range and exhibits. Jesse's tour began with seeing a few of the aquariums,one with a 8' alligator, and getting to shot a compound bow at the archery range and then getting to shot at the gun range. after all that we went to a VIP room where Hemingways Restaurant(in BPS) had made Jesse his favorite meal, Pizza. we were told that the restaurant had never made pizza before and they wasn't for sure how it would turn out, but it was amazing. they made it just for him, along with the worlds largest ice cream sunday! we shared our meal with the a few members of the Wonders of Wildlife. http://www.wondersofwildlife.org/ Leader Misty, and volunteers Lauran,Hannah,Maya. while we were finishing up our meal and trying to make a dent in the giant sunday we got to watch a diver feed the fish in one of the aquariums in that room. while he was feeding them we got to listen to him tell us about all the fish he feed. it was very interesting to watch, Jesse has a few stories to share with you about it too. after our meal and show we went on to tour the rest of the store and Jesse got to due a little shopping at BPS expense. we really want to Thank Lauren Thiel, the special events coordinator at BPS for giving us the tour and making a very special day for Jesse. after Jesse done some shopping we made our way back to Branson. Day 7 (friday) We went to the "Ride The Ducks" tour of Branson. the ducks are WWII amphibious vehicles used to transport troops, they were changed a little bit to give tours. our tour began with going through some of Bransons history and visiting the Table Rock Lake dam and a tour in the lake. Jesse had a great time there as well, he even got to drive the duck while we were in the water. after the tour we visited many places thru out Branson, including Cooters garage where we got pics with him and the general lee car. the next day we packed it up and headed home. we drove straight thru back to Scottsburg with only stopping to eat and gas up. it wasn't as bad as we expected it would be, 8.5 hr trip. we all had a great time, we couldn't of never took a vacation of this magnitude. we truly thank everyone that had a part in organizing this trip for Jesse, it will be with him for ever. Thanks again for visiting.
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