I did a semester internship at the EPA my junior year in 1993
It was amazing. I did the program with my best friend and we had a commitment to see as many tourist sites as we could when we were there. Pretty much every weekend we were doing something.  Previous Message and hit a few other places in between (Monticello, Colonial Williamsburg, etc....) brother (year younger) and I were dreading it, but it was quite a lot of fun! also growing up in rural farming communities, got to see the first 'ladies of the night' in the flesh.... Previous Message Amazingly, trump being there or not being there had zero impact on me. Previous Message
also a little bit more country.
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 Branson is a vacation destination for people who are a little bit country and - doubledown June 21, 2025, 15:59:30
- It’s startling how many people here have eaten themselves disabled. Forget fluoride, - doubledown June 24, 2025, 17:48:59
- hey ma, how's about a cookie?*
 - Sammich June 24, 2025, 12:08:58
- High school GF married some dude and he just retired from teaching… - SurfTheBoneyard June 23, 2025, 12:52:29
- Is there a bad lake house, though?* - gvibes June 23, 2025, 14:45:08
- Buddy of mine that lives in St. Louis and just retired from the airlines has a place down there... - Illiniphil June 23, 2025, 13:54:57
- The area around Big Cedar is supposedly nice but it’s expensive as hell to stay there - CWR10 June 23, 2025, 13:16:37
- If I’m going to sw mizzu, I’m going to Lake of the Ozarks* - TarheelIllini June 23, 2025, 14:00:41
- If you're a boater, LOTO is nice if you have a really big boat. It sucks otherwise. - Illiniphil June 23, 2025, 14:20:23
- Yeah, that really does sound awful. And on brand for Missouri* - opossum jenkins June 25, 2025, 4:24:29
- Yep. If you are a skier, footer, boarder, go to Bull Shoals Lake. You can always find smooth water - harb June 23, 2025, 18:30:37
- That’s a huge change from when I was there last - TarheelIllini June 23, 2025, 16:03:40
- It’s legitimately terrifying in the main channel on the weekends* - CWR10 June 23, 2025, 14:23:11
- That’s kind of my rub about it. - SurfTheBoneyard June 23, 2025, 13:44:19
- My kids enjoyed all the amusement park type activities in Branson. - Taz June 23, 2025, 12:23:56
- Just got back from DC. Awesome weekend. - VIV June 23, 2025, 12:05:29
- Just got back from a baseball tournament in Pigeon Forge, TN - Gene Parmesan June 23, 2025, 12:03:17
- We went when we had to do a VERY last minute change to our Disney plans (due to Hurricane Milton) - tvillini June 23, 2025, 11:58:24
- So you've settled for Branson - Sounder June 23, 2025, 11:57:02
- I’ve got a golf trip to Myrtle Beach this fall. Why? I don’t know - CWR10 June 23, 2025, 11:50:15
- Spent three days there a couple of weeks ago for meetings. Its fine. Stayed on the riverfront. * - harb June 21, 2025, 23:29:48
- Knowing dick-all about Branson, I’m taking my son to the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk… - haighter June 21, 2025, 21:46:02
- It’s a good thing I’m a person whose boundless positivity and inextinguishable optimism - doubledown June 21, 2025, 21:31:44
- Could be worse - illini thunder June 21, 2025, 16:58:26
- Beautiful day in the Wisconsin Dells. - nash June 21, 2025, 16:18:04
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