The new GX is here!

It’s been very busy around Gateway Sport these days. We’ve got our demonstrator, and it will be in St. Louis for a couple of weeks before it goes to the flight line at our Atlanta location. If you’ve been waiting to get into a new GX, the time is now, please give me a call so we can schedule your ride.

Cheryl and I actually took a weekend off last week and flew into Branson, Mo. It’s a great trip that we make quite often. We had a special mission this trip, and it involved trying out new restaurants, but let me take it from the beginning. The flight itself was great, and we landed at PLK, Taney Co. Airport at School of the Ozarks. The School of the Ozarks could be a blog in itself, free college education, but that’s a different story. Unfortunately, they don’t have a courtesy car, but there’s an AVIS counter right in the terminal, and you’re going to want to spend a couple of days anyway. They even rent Harleys, if 4 wheels are too many for you. Branson has an amazing amount of things to do, but Cheryl and I always seem to end up at Silver Dollar City for a day or two, and take in a couple of shows. This was the agenda once again, but this time we were planning on all new dining options. It was Montana Mike’s for dinner. Service was good; food was decent, but not as good as Outback. Probably a step up from Lone Star or Ponderosa, but they had this lady come around to take our picture. She came back later with the prints for sale, and key chains with our picture on them. We passed, even though it was a better picture than we usually take.

We had our first breakfast at Chester’s, located at the historic Hillbilly Inn. Cheryl had found out about their “pile-ups” on some internet forum, and decided it sounded interesting. Chester’s is a family operation, and we met Perry and Jason. Perry sat us in the back, with a breathtaking view of the Ozark mountains. It didn't take long to notice the airport was on top of the very next mountain. What a bonus view! The coffee was hot and welcome, the food was great, and plenty as you can see in the picture. Obviously, after trying to put away breakfast, we couldn’t even think about lunch. Odee’s was our choice for dinner. We sampled the homemade potato chips and ribs. It was good, but for BBQ in Branson, our choice is Danna’s.

Sunday’s breakfast was the Belgium Waffle House. They’re only open for breakfast, and was okay, but I left less satisfied than when we use a coupon at IHOP. After the Landing, and some outlet mall shopping, we tried some more BBQ at Shorty Small’s. Either I was real hungry, or it’s my second favorite BBQ in Branson. (Danna’s is closed on Sundays.)

We had thought about stopping at Gaston’s on the way home, but it didn’t work out. That will be another blog later. As for this trip, without doubt, our favorite new restaurant was Chester’s. We’ll definitely be going back. If you get a chance to fly in to Branson, (and what a great trip in a new Remos GX) have some breakfast (we'll be trying their lunch on our next trip) at Chester’s and say hi to Perry for me.