Hook up with someone. It's well worth the trip. The ozarks are absolutely beautiful in the spring. The family can go to Silver dollar city. There's shows and first-class trout fishing. The turkey hunting is hard to beat with reasonable tag prices, and fishing lisence can be had for $5 a day or $35 for a year long non-resident lisence.
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