And you thought Mesa was flat.

While in Amarillo, stayed the night at the Adaberry Inn. It's a B&B with about 10 different suites. Ours was the Key West. It was the most "Yellow" room I have ever seen. Come to think of it, amarillo means yellow in Spanish. After 11 + hours of driving, the night seemed particulary short (I don't remember falling asleep). Anyway, we left around 9:20 a.m. and headed east to Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Joplin and Springfield. There was nary a mountain or hill to be seen for hundreds of miles. Just green rolling fields that looked pretty flat. We did see an unusual sight along the way. There seemed to be several of these places in Texas but we're not too sure what function they provided. Was it a drive-in convenience store and a bagger comes out with your groceries when you honk your horn or was it a . . . well . . something else. Hmmm. Anyway, we wound our way through Texas, Oklahoma and into Missouri and met up with the LIGHT bus at Lambert's. This restaurant is one-of-a-kind. It is famous throughout the midwest and in many other places and is a must stop for any LIGHT trip to Branson. I've posted a video of rolls being thrown to hungry diners. There was a valiant attempt to beat Savanah's record of 17 rolls, but Jeff came up short with only a mere 12 rolls consumed. Really, one roll is almost a meal in itself. They are very large. Newcomers to Lambert's discovered that the portions are really made to feed two adults (or one teenager), so no one went away hungry. We then drove another 30 minutes to Branson and settled in at the Stone Castle Hotel. Tomorrow is a busy day, but it will be tons of fun.

As an aside, there is something about a road trip that brings the most interesting characteristics in people. We're not sure if this is a balloon beating or a contest to impale a balloon with a fork. A third option exists: It could be that Cara was just really excited to have her own balloon. You decide.