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For our community connection. And we're
talking with Mike dump with Okay water Sports

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and my goodness, it's that time
of year again. We're gonna get some

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warm weather and let's go play in
the water. That's right, I mean,

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it is that time of year.
It's a beautiful day out there today,

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and we're just looking forward to a
great season, a great summer,

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and hope everyone has a chance to
come out to Riversport now with river Sport.

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This is really a cool place.
If you've not been there, it's

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the best part of the fun of
going to Oklahoma City because when you think

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Oklahoma City sometimes you think Bricktown.
You think, well, Okay, it's

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a it's a big city. You
don't think about the water too much.

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But you've changed everybody's way of thinking
over the last three or four years.

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Well, we'd like to think so. I mean, this is truly unique,

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not only for our Oklahoma City,
but really for the whole state.

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This is there's really nowhere else on
earth that has everything that we have in

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a downtown area with the whitewater rafting, all the kayaking, the tallest ropes

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course really of its kind in the
country. So it's pretty unique thing.

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That we have here. Now correct
me if I'm wrong. You even have

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Olympic athletes who trained there on occasion, am I right? We do.

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We're an official US Olympic and Paralympic
training so that we're the only river in

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the entire country with that designation.
So you know, it's a really cool

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thing that you can come and go
kayaking, go rafting on the same in

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the same places that these athletes train. So you know, we think,

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you know, we'd like to say
a lot, talk a lot about authenticity

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that this is not a theme park. I mean, you're having a lot

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of fun like you would at an
amusement park, but you're doing at a

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place that athletes trains, and it's
for everyone. It is because there's a

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lot of amusement there. There's a
lot of fun. The whole family can

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participate. You're gonna get some exercise, you're gonna get some sunshine, You're

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probably gonna get you a little bit
wet, but for most of all,

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you're gonna have fun. That's right, I mean fun. You know,

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we love to see all the smiles
and I mean, this is it's truly

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incredible that you have Class three and
four rapids right here in downtown Oklahoma City.

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You know, we have professionally trained
rast guides, so you don't need

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any experience and uh and you're just
gonna have a total blast. I mean

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it used to be to go to
Colorado to do something like this, and

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we have it right here. And
not only that, we've got surfing as

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well now and tubing and skiing and
you know, just so we'll keep you

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busy all day. Okay, you
had me at surfing. I'm an old

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Florida boy. So now we had
some gentle waves on the Gulf coast,

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a little bit more exciting on the
Atlantic coast. I can't wait to see

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what kind of what kind of surf
you have right there in Okay se Yeah,

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we have a surf Okac, which
is a it's a flow rider system.

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We're actually going to have a national
championship for surfing this summer. But

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it's something everybody can do. You
can you can just bodyboard if you don't

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want to do the stand up.
But we you know a lot of people

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start, you know, doing the
boogie boarding, then they learn to stand

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up. And we've got some people
that have become real pros here right in,

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right in Oklahoma City. So it's
pretty cool. Catch a wave and

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okay, see I love it.
I love it. And on top of

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that, it's affordable. Families can
go there and have a good time,

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and you know, really it could
be an annual event for for some families.

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You have a little bit, a
little bit of a drive. It's

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well worth it though. Yeah,
I mean, you can spend the whole

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day, like I said. And
then we're right next to Bricktown, so

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it's it's just a great family destination
for folks across the state. And and

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you're, like you said, it's
affordable and you can do things here that

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you just can't do anywhere else.
I mean by literally walking from surfing to

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snow skiing with just a couple hundred
feet, you have a new snow skiing

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snowboarding simulators. So these are things
you would never think you could do in

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Oklahoma. Wow. I like this. You know, you're you're keeping folks

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home and they're enjoying it, getting
to see pretty much the different sporting things

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that they can see in the world
all right here in their own acred that

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is. How did you come up
with this idea? Well, you know,

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we wanted to kind of bolster active
outdoor culture. You know, you're

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in Oklahoma and you know, we
recognize we don't have mountains or we don't

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know the ocean, but we you
know, we we have this opportunity to

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create something that really no one's ever
done before. And you know, it's

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starting to work and just getting more
people active and realizing that, you know,

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we do have a lot of water
in Oklahoma, so this could ignite

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an interest in getting into paddling.
You know, you don't have to just

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be in Oklahoma City to do that, but we can teach you and show

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you all these different things that you
can do and then and then maybe decide,

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hey, I want to go to
Colorado and do real wet water rafting

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you know at some point, or
kayaking. But you know we have you're

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not compromising here because we've got the
full on class Green four rapids right here.

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So wow, this is amazing.
You shoot the rapids, you can

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do some snow skiing and even some
surfing too while enjoying the night. Oklahoma

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City Skyline, how yell like that? Talk about bonus? Yeah, we

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joke. A lot of people are
so surprised, even people from Colorado are

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coming here. To go whitewater kayaking
because it's you know, you can stay

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on the water all day. You
ride up an beor belt. There's no

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busting involved, you know, and
so you know, it can be a

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full day on the water and you're
staring at a skyline as you're going down

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the rapids, which I think is
about the only place in the world you

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do that. Usually you're in the
mountains or somewhere in the forest. Oh

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man, this is really too much. This is really too much. You

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know, I'm very proud of you
folks for having the ingenuity and the wherewithal

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and being able to create the resources
in order to make this possible for all

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Oklahomas. This is really a treasure. You know when people say, Oklahoma,

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how about that? Well, hey, how about how about what's going

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on over there in your backyard?
Yeah? And you know, the cool

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thing about it is again for us, we're a nonprofit. This is about

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you know, encouraging active outdoor lifestylesand
and we have programming that that families can

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get involved in. You know,
we have we have classes. You know,

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you could learn to learn to row
or learn to kayak and ultimately can

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lead to like like I said,
a new a new hobby, a new

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interest. So you know, I
think it's there's there's really something for everyone.

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And literally we've got a mini ropes
course for for five year olds or

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to given three year old. We
have tiny little harnesses so you can truly

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bring you know, all ages to
this and have a blast. Well,

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this is just too much fun.
This is just too much fun, folks.

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You're going to have to see it
for yourself. You're gonna have to

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enjoy it for yourself. Get immerged
in it too. What is your website

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so folks can read up on it. Yeah, it's River Sport okac dot

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org and it has all the information
about our passes and our schedule. We

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have a lot of events um coming
up. In fact, we've got a

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large scale rowing event this weekend,
and we've always have something going on.

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Another thing I highlight is new to
the venue is Barquey which is a very

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large dog park and restaurant and bar
that is on the property. So that's

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a really cool new feature so you
can bring your dog. This is this

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is too much fun. And where
are you located? Right? You're right

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there by Bricktown. What's your physical
address? We're eight hundred River Sport Drive,

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So we're just south of Bricktown,
very easy to get to. So

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you're at half Paint, you're halfway
between there and Toby Keats Hit. We're

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right just south of Toby Keats So
if you follow the canal, you'll end

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up in the boathouse the street at
River Sport. Well, whatt dog?

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You know, I know, I
can see it right now. I can

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see it right now. This is
too cool. So, folks, if

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you're looking for a nice little getaway, that's not all that far but still

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a million miles from anywhere, it's
right here in your own backyard. It's

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in Oklahoma City, it's at River
Sport, and you gotta you just gotta

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check this out. Now. Do
we need reservations? Now? You can

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just show up, you can book, you can get your passes in advance

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online. So it's really up to
you on what you do. Our saturdays

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can get pretty busy, so but
but there's plenty to do. So I

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encourage you to check out our website
and come on out. I want to

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thank you very much for being on
here with us today, and I've given

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us a little sunshine, a little
bit of a smile. Here too,

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and of course a great idea for
a great getaway, I make it Oklahoma

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City, make a river sport.
Well, we welcome everyone down. We

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promise you we'll put a smile on
your face and you'll have to have a

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lot of fun. Is it time
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they trust you to get them through
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and do exceedingly well, is walk
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you know, Hunt, we've been
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down it. Here's what we've learned, here's the benefit of our years and

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good morning, good morning, and
welcome, welcome, welcome. It's

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time now for our community connection and
we're going to go over to Branson Way.

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We're gonna talk with Chris Meyer with
Meyer Properties, and you've got a

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lot of hotel space over there for
folks who are looking to spend a big

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weekend in Branson. Well, we've
got lots of space not only for this

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weekend but for the rest of the
year. And we actually have six hotels

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here in Branson. We're one of
the largest branded hotel operators. We've been

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here in Branson for the last forty
years, and so we have two best

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Westerns. So I have the best
Western center point in right in the center

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of Highway seventy six, next to
the Titanic Museum, across from the Clay

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Cooper Theater. Over by beyond the
Lens, I've got the best Western music

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capital in over by the Pierce Ero
Theater, the Hamminger Theater. I then

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moved to my choice hotel family,
and I have three properties there, so

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I have the quality in west Over
by Imax. I have the comfort in

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at Thousand Hills that's overlooking the Thousand
Hills golf Course and kind of behind the

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new aquarium. And then I have
the comfort and sweets and brands and meadows

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that is over by the Sight and
Sound Theater and Mansion Peter. And then

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last, but certainly not least,
is our holiday in Express on Green Mountain

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Drive, kind of behind the Grand
Village shopping area. So lots of different

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locations depending on where people want to
stay in town, we can take care

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of them. Well, I'd say, so you're close to everything This is

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amazing, This is great. Now
I understand that this was a family dream

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that didn't quite start in Branson,
but maybe started a little bit north.

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Well, it actually we've been in
the hotel business now for over fifty five

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years. And my dad was a
farmer in Iowa and the guy would never

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sell the land to him, and
so he had an uncle who was a

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traveling salesman that said the motel business
would be a good business to get into.

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And so he had a farm sell
and bought a small mom and pop

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in O'Neil, Nebraska and nighteen sixty
seven. And as they say, the

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rest is history, I'd say,
and like the realtor person always says,

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location, location, location, You
got there at Branson. It was a

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perfect time to get started there.
Well, you know, it really is.

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And we were actually here in the
early seventies and at that point in

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time, they were building Highway sixty
five, which was what we called the

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bypass back then, and my dad
was like, well the cars are going

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to quit going by the hotel.
We got to sell, and so we

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sold, went back to other places, but have been here now again since

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nineteen eighty three, so been here
a long time. In the business.

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You know, when you were there
a long time in the business, you

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see a lot going up around you
there too, And of course so that

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made other other locations, you know, something that with the season to die

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and the season's heart and of course
a great passion for great service, made

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it pretty easy to get people accommodated. Oh yeah, well, and here's

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here's what I encourage people to do. I encourage them to go to our

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website, which is my hospitality dot
com. It's m y er hospitality dot

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com. They can see all six
of our hotels there. They can learn

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about our history. But what we
really have some great deals on our website,

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so they can go into any hotel
and there's some links up at the

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top of the page that say like
tickets, attractions, vacation packages, and

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some of these vacation packages I've got
are great savings that can stretch the dollar,

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you know, a lot further.
We also have an e club that

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they sign up for that they'll sign
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stay here in Branson as well.
So lots of great deals. That's a

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great information on the website. You
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you said on your next stay,
because as a person who's been to Brandson

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oh a few times, you can't
go just once because you won't see everything

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just once. You won't be able
to enjoy everything just once, lest you're

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there for a month. So chances
are you're probably going to come back,

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and it's nice to know that you're
going to be a great neighbor and you're

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gonna accommodate us nicely with that nice
little discount. And it's you made a

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perfect point because there is so much
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all in one time. And there's
such a variety and so there's probably some

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listeners in your audience that haven't been
to Branson or maybe haven't been in a

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long time. And you know,
even over since COVID, we have a

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lot of new attractions. Our shows
are always changing, so we have,

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you know, such a big variety
of shows. Of course, we've got

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the lakes, we've got golf,
we've got shopping. It's a perfect destination

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for that next family trip. And
here's what I'm telling people is like,

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don't spend all your money traveling on
vacation. Spend it on vacation so you

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don't have to spend much money getting
here, and then you have more money

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to do all the stuff that you
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you're absolutely right, And in fact
that Bartlesville we're just a couple hours

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drive down the road, as they
say, and you're right there, and

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it's a beautiful drive as well,
and you're going to see, you know,

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a lot of great countryside that once
you get to Branson you get to

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say, oh sweetness, here we
come. Yeah. Absolutely, and it's

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it's just nice to have a destination
or there's something for the whole family.

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This is a great place for family
reunions. We do a lot of military

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reunions here, and so you know, if maybe you're like trying to say,

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hey, where should I meet those
other family members, Well, guess

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what, they can all come to
Branson and that's where they can all find

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something that they want to do,
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And so we just want to encourage
your listeners to come to Branson, have

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a great summer vacation here. Oh
yeah. Indeed, family reunions, wedding

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anniversaries, even if you're so inclined, Yeah, because it is a family

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party there have your birthday there,
invite all your friends. It's a it's

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a great time and there's, like
you said, just so much to take

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in there. It's awesome, it
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have a variety of room types that, depending on the celebration, like,

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we can accommodate. So whether you
have let's say you've got an anniversary and

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you want to do something a little
specially, guess what, I've got some

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rooms that little, bigger rooms,
got the hot tub in them. I've

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also got family suites that can sleep
up to six people. So depending on

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what people needs are, we've got
a variety of room types that can accommodate

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them. The other thing, all
of our hotels have our indoor pools and

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hot tubs. So if you've been
out and about, whether it's been at

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the Silver Dollar City theme Park or
at a show, our pools and all

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that stay open a midnight, see
and come back, relax, have a

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great time. And of course free
hot breakfast at all our hotels as well,

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which helps stretch that vacation dollar even
further. Oh that is so sweet,

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dead is so as you know,
folks, when you go to Branson,

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if you haven't been there before.
You get all of the thrill of

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Vegas without the distractions. You're going
to get great shows, You're going to

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get great entertainment, but you don't
have to worry about those other things that

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might worry you or your children.
It's something like you said, it is

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for the entire family, and so
much to see and do and great places

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to stay. That's exactly right,
Tom. And I was in Vegas a

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while back, not that long ago, and every time I go to other

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destinations, it just makes me appreciate
brands and more and what we stand for

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here. And I went to a
show and I didn't read any of the

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reviews ahead of time, but I
was so offended. I actually got my

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money back. It was so bad, and I'm like, you know,

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I would never have experienced that in
Branson, Missouri. And it just made

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me appreciate Brandson and how we you
know, we honor veterans here. You

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know. It's I always say,
it's just God family in America, you

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know. And it's just a great
place to be right there in the heart

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of the good old Usay you bet
you? And is Branson and Chris said

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tell us again. The hotels you
got there, you got several. Yes,

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we have two best westerns. I
have the best Western center point in,

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I've got the best Western music capital
in. And then we go to

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our choice hotel brands. I have
the comfort in in suites and Branson meadows

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the comfort in at Thousand Hills,
the quality in West. And then last,

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but certainly not least, is our
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A lots of different brands depending on
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Yeah, and the website they could
take you everywhere you want to go.

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So they can go to Meyer Hospitality
dot com. That's m ye Er Hospitality

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dot com. Or they can call
us at one eight seven seven Fun Stay

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and they can reach any one of
our six hotels that way. You know

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something, I get so excited when
we talk about Branson and talking about great

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places to stay while you're there too, and sometimes you get ahead of myself.

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Have I missed anything? Christ I
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you know, we've talked about a
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people are like, where should I
go, there's something here to do for

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everybody. You're going to have a
great time, and and then we'll do

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a great job taking care of you
at the hotel. Our mission statement friendly,

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fantastic service always, and that's what
we're really known for is trying to

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provide that great service to everybody that
comes in. And here's the thing.

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All of our hotels have their own
in house ticket service, and so we

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can help people plan their entire vacation. They don't got to run all overtown,

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they don't have to call overtown.
They can do it one stop shopping.

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We offer a monthly special one shows
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So it's just a great service that
all of our hotels offer to well Sonny

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Gun, I did not know that
that just pushes folks right over the edge.

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They're coming to see you. I
can tell you that right now.

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Once you make it easy, you're
there. We try to make it as

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easy as possible, because here's the
deal. Like my wife, sometimes I

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feel like she spends more time planning
the vacation than being on vacation. And

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I'm like, we got we gotta
help make life easier for people. But

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it's difficult enough, right yeah,
so let's make it easy. Hey,

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Chris, thanks for being with us
today and thanks for reminding us about the

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best place to go for your vacation. Just right down the road, as

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they say to Branson, Missouri,
thank you very much for being with us,

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Chris Meyer, bringing the hope of
God's calling a lot