"Today is a Good Day to Drive!" .....Van-Go

Time to play! We headed on over to the House of BBQ And enjoyed some briquet, beans and slaw. The girls were going to be video tapped so we tagged along for a while. Wonder how this shot turned out! See the camera man! The roller coaster does FIVE upside down loops!! No, we didn't go on it! We went to the Saloon instead where you can get a rootbeer float. and watch a fine comedy show.

We followed the Walker family to the venue, Silver Dollar City. The Bluegrass & BBQ Festival 2012 features acts like Doyle Lawson, Flatt Lonesome, The Gibson Brothers, Balsam Range and RedHead Express. We park back with the employees in an area for visiting artists and unload instruments and gear for the shows.  They do three shows today, the last day they preform. The staff at Silver Dollar try to be accommodating and carried all the heavy stuff in little golf carts. Will and Kathy set up the sales tables with Ammon supervising....always need a supervisor! The video team arrived with all of their stuff. The first show is packed.  Brett comes out for a little meet and greet time with fans. The show begins!  Each day the girls have had different outfits; today it is cream and black. No tee shirts his size. People come out of the first show and are off to find the next theater.  Many stop for pictures with the girls. The boys have a little gum-band shoot out with o...

After the shows we were starved and went to the employee dining hall to eat; we used our special passed to get in!  Lunch today was  an ice cold coke, garden salad,  home made roast with potatoes and carrots and we had apple cobbler for desert; price was very reasonable too, just $5 each. Then we went back to the park to walk around.... We watched a blacksmith make a knife; there are lots of crafts being down all over the park. Oh Marvel Cave is here! We love caves....We have been here before, but decided to do it again even though there are a million steps! Well, maybe not a million but it seems like it when you are walking them down down down and then up up up! What a beautiful entrance! In the old days people came down a rope! We used the steps. Look at that bacon formation! Once topside we got some very rare patches. Then we headed over to listen to the Sons of Silver Dollar City.  They did a few John Denver songs so Kathy was in her glory! Will found himself a n...