Chasing Chickens

On Friday June 27th, we were in Branson, Missouri for a one night stand of checking out Branson before stopping in the next morning for a quick (we thought) hello to Tanya and then the final leg of our trip home.

We stayed in a pretty nice KOA that offered shuttle service anywhere you wanted to go in town. Looking over the various offerings (about 150!) of live shows, we settled on Dolly Parton's Dixie Stampede complete with horses (yeah said the girls), racing pigs, racing ostriches and several other entertaining show memories. When we checked in to pick up our 'Will Call' tickets and the nice lady suggested that we ask our server if the girls could participate in the great 'Chicken Chase'. As you can see from the photos here, the girls got to chase the chickens...encouraging the Feathered Foot Racers to dash quickly across the arena to a finish line about 20 yards away. Alas our two little girls and their chickens lost the race to two much shorter Chicken Encouragers. I think the short kids had the edge because they didn't have to bend over to clap their hands behind the chickens' buns. Being not much taller than the chickens, the other two kiddos simply had to run upright behind the chickens clapping their little hands. The Tenges girls had loads of fun and now have a wonderful memory nonetheless. They even walked away with a chicken chasing medal!!