(1) Her family went to Branson MO again early that morning to take sister-in-law's kids to brother-in-law (who was in Branson) to go to Silver Dollar City--they wanted us to wait around until they returned, but I sent a text telling them we would be back later & we just went and did our thing
(2) Tried "Lost Trail" again, but locals stating that there was no waterfalls in the cave (drought) & that it was a hike they wouldn't recommend with our 2 kids without taking water with us caused us to bail on it again
(3) Found "Ponca River Access" swimming hole on the way back (N 36.02096, W 093.35573)--it was a REAL nice swimming hole
(4) Ate at pizza place downtown
(5) Her family didn't return until late, they got lost trying to pick up wife's sister (they had made a second trip back to Branson to get her when her brother, at her wife's insistence, left her & the kids there. In-between the 2 trips her family had been around here while we were at Ponca access--I am SO glad we didn't get tangled up in all of that mess!)
(6) Repeating what we had tried Sunday, went back "Erbie Campground Road" to check out waterfalls--found the spot, they were totally dry