Ozark Folk Center at Mountain View, Arkansas

Our vacation was winding down by Thursday, July 14th. We headed over the mountain roads once again to Mountain View, Arkansas. After stopping for lunch at Jo Jo's (the best catfish in the area), we toured the craft village at the Ozark Folk Center. Here you can watch as the people work just as our ancestors did 100 years ago. I really enjoyed the "old tyme print shop" with an 1885 hand press, since I work in the printing industry. Other buildings included pottery, weaving, spinning, woodworking, and even a blacksmith. We finished the day at the concert where the local musicians played, and there were special performances by the "Great Smokey Mountain Cloggers". On Friday, Stephen and his family headed back to Wisconsin. We would spend another two days in Horseshoe Bend and Mountain View before heading home to Florida. We even drove to Mammoth Springs to check it out for a visit the next time we come this way and also crossed the state line over into Thayer, MO, just to say we had been there, I guess. We were able to spend Sunday with many family members in Pine Bluff before traveling back to Jacksonville. Be sure to ask JoAnn about the "hillbilly wedding" sometime.