We slept in Monday morning to a little after 8. It was then time to re-tape the fantastic roof vent. I'm pretty sure the Walmart bag and inexpensive tape was not going to hold the highway winds from ripping it off.
Together we worked as a team, as we have done for more than 49 years. He stepped on the bumper, up to the spare tire, and then I gave him a shove, I mean boost.
Gorilla tape and the heaviest garbage bag we could find in the store was taped down.
The highway we took led us through northwest Arkansas, through some beautiful mountain views. We pulled over several times on the switch backs just to see the view.
We arrived at Treasure Lake RV Resort shortly after our host, John and Beth had arrived. Beth met us at the gate to get us in.
This is the largest gated RV park in Branson. It has 577 sites on 340 acres. We got set up just across the street from them. We did a quick tour of their new RV and then took off for Montana Mikes Steak house. There we met Blacksmith Pat McCarty and his wife Mary Jo. They are working the craft fair in Branson for three weeks.
We were next to last of the groups to leave the restaurant that evening. It was just so much fun catching up. It's hard to separate 3 good blacksmiths deep in conversation.
Back at our little Casita, John and Beth toured ours. We then called it a night.
The next morning we rode along with the Lovin's to Grandmas Kitchen. I had a huge cinnamon roll made with cream cheese, I couldn't eat it all.
After breakfast was over we visited the landing before heading north. The guys went to Silver Anvil Blades. They enjoyed visiting with owner Jo Smith. So while they were there, Beth and I caught a few other near by shops.
Bernie, Jo, and John, blacksmiths once again talking away!
We covered a lot of ground and visited a whole bunch in a very short period of time.
Life is Good!
