The Landing

Since Jim & Shirley had not been to Branson recently, we made a day trip touring the "big city", and ended up at "The Landing", the most recent addition to the town. The Landing is an area adjacent to the old downtown along Lake Tanneycomo. They cleared a large area along the lake shore and constructed a huge shopping area with a brick street down the middle making an open-air mall. This mall stretches about 6-8 city blocks with upscale shops, restaurants, and outdoor bandstands. Of course, it's all beautifully landscaped with numerous fountains.



The only traffic on this street is a free trolley which continuously runs from one end to the other. The trolley will stop to allow passengers to get on or off almost anywhere along the mall. Of course, we all got on and off the trolley several times to look at various shops.



Shown below are Carole and Shirley resting on a bench while waiting for the trolley to come by on its next round.



We stopped for an Irish Brew at an Irish Pub and had a late lunch at an interesting restaurant, Garfield's.

The open mall, The Landing, is a really nice place. It is definitely a "destination", not just another pretty place to shop.