Penny and I decided to make a run down to the Ozark Folk Festival in Mountain View (60 miles south) , since it had free admission to the Craft Village on Saturday and we really like free stuff ..... we are really trying to mold into the Arkansas lifestyle ......
On the way down to Mountain View , I detoured through the Sylamore Forest to show Penny a nice view of some bluffs I had found on my big hiking adventure on the Sylamore Creek hiking trail . All went as planned until we got back to the car , (we took the car instead of the truck because it gets better mileage) and started to pull back up onto the road from a small side road I had pulled off on . It was very steep , and they had just laid down a new layer of loose gravel about 6 inches thick . I started spinning , unable to get traction out of the "hole" I had pulled down in .... Penny was not happy ......I backed a little further down into the drive and gave it the gas and hit it again ..... more spinning ..... a heavy sigh from Penny ......I tried one last (desperate) attempt ... this time I angled the car sideways sort of , to decrease the angle of attack on the hillside and hit it a third time , gravel flying and wiggling the wheel back and forth to not dig a rut in the loose gravel ..... slowly , we came out ....out to the glorious hard surface of the road . Penny started to breathe normally .... after a minute .
Of course , I bragged on my skillful driving while trying to downplay the stupidity of pulling down into the "hole" in the first place .... I really think this adds ammunition to my plan to get a Jeep .... but that is another story .
So we were happy to get back to a highway and on our merry way to Mountain View . The Ozark Folk Center is a cool little place to visit , and we had lunch there after visiting all the little craft shops . I think Penny enjoys shopping in craft shops just a tad more than huffing up and down trails and mountains , or getting stuck ... but I could be wrong :)
A waterfall feature at Ozark Folk Center craft village
Skillful driving expert .... at rest
Penny ... wondering ... " WHO did I marry ?"
There are lots of neat old cabins and all sorts of shops making soap , blacksmithing , etc. to mill around in and explore.
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