It was an experience to attemd a blue grass festival it was fun and so enjoyable. We heard so much gospel. We went to Adona for a week and before it started on Wed. night the campers would have what they called jam sessiona. That was so interesting. There was about 4 jam sessions every night and some during the day. That was about as interesting as the night performances. Roy my brother came up on tuesday and played and sang with some of the jammers, it was so good to see him perticipate, he didn't even know they had them until I got him to come up. It is within 25 miles of his house. We had a fish fry , they brought the fish, croppie and brim. We cooked hush puppies and fried potatoes, macaroni salad. It was so good.
I wanted him to meet Carl Gene, he plays and sings but they had to return home that day for business purpose. He owns trucks.
Some of Roy's and Fayes friends came up also. We enjoyed the visit.
From Adona we went and spent a couple of night with Roy and Faye, and then went and picked up our trailer and took it on over to Waldron and set it up and went home for 5 days. Then we returned back up to attend the festival of Turkey Track. There was many groups there and about 1500 trailers, maybe more.
Maranda was with us and she got aquainted with some of the young singers and was invited to tour their motor home. It was big and Red. He was 11 also and was teaching her the cords on the guitar, she is very interested in music and I hope she persues it. She begged me to buy her a banjo, but I am afraid she will not keep it up, or I would.
From there we stopped at Lake Quachita and was ther 5 days, we got to camp on the water at the end of a camp area, totally private. That was good also.
Today we went to Emerson to the Purple Hull Pea festival with Nancy and Larry, and that was a wonderful day. Next year I am planning on entering the pea shelling contest, I think I shell peas pretty fast. So We will see.
The tiller races was good. They did not have home made ice cream this year.
They did have a bake-off. They has mex caserold with peas, pea jelly, pea cobbler, but did not taste it. What I ate was good.
We are home for a while, I don't know how long. September will be here before we know it.
Got to go more later.
GOD BLESS
