It can be a real rough experience, though, if you forget to clean them chiggers off."Īmphibious vehicles bring visitors on Branson tours. Nowadays, we just stack up them poke leaves in the outhouse.
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"We hillbillies used to make them into salad, but now that all these movie stars have moved to town, we've become too sophisticated for that. "Those poke plants are good to eat," he explains. Leaving the military museum, Mark talks about the flora of the Ozark countryside. We don't even know if it's right side-up or not." "It cost the government $9 million, but no one knows what it's supposed to do. "See that blue and white experimental vehicle from the Vietnam era?" he asks. Mark shows us an amphibious Studebaker "Weasel," designed in 1943 for over-snow operation and special missions, a 13-ton M5 International tractor, used for artillery towing, a cargo truck, called a "Gamma Goat," and a half-track, which was General Patton's favorite vehicle. Many can be seen when the ducks drive through his military museum, at the beginning of the tour. While searching for additional ducks, owner Bob McDowell came across other unusual military vehicles. "We bought the duck from Paramount Pictures." (You wouldn't recognize it, because its military green exterior was coated with bright white paint.) He actually drove it ashore," claims Mark. "One of these ducks was the one John Wayne rode in the movie Guadalcanal. The total fleet includes more than 75 vehicles in Boston Seattle, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Stone Mountain Park, Georgia, and Memphis Ride The Duck locations.Ĭaptain Frisby pilots an amphibious DUKW vehicle. It now has nearly 20 vehicles at Branson.
We boarded our duck at the Ride The Ducks headquarters, in Branson's theatre strip, on Hwy.
It soon becomes obvious that half the fun of riding these vintage vehicles is listening to Mark's commentary.
The ladies say that's why they're still running after all these years - but the guys say it's because the ladies never drove them much!" Most were assembled by women in factories in St.
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"General Motors gave them a model code DUKW, which eventually became known as DUCK," he replies. "They were virtually responsible for the success of the Normandy Invasion in 1944."Īfter Hurricane Katrina, in 2005, Ride The Ducks volunteered their amphibious vehicles to rescue and evacuate stranded residents in New Orleans. "General Motors built these seven-ton, 9.5-metre-long army trucks to carry 25 Allied troops or 2300 kilos of cargo for ship-to-shore combat," says Mark. Mark guns the engine and we land with a great splash in Table Rock Lake. "Do you want to go into the lake turtle-style or Dukes of Hazard-style?" asks Captain Mark Frisby. Captain Mark Frisby stands next to his amphibious vehicle.
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