Work for 2 days (today and tomorrow) and then we play again at Silver Dollar City! T.Joe and I spent Saturday and Sunday with Lin Wellford at Silver Dollar City painting rocks and enjoying the park! We got up at 4:00 am so we could be there early enough to move our rocks and paints into the booth and get costumes and go to orientation before the park opened to the public. T.Joe helped us set up and then he wandered around the park and enjoyed the blacksmiths booths and rode the train and took us both out to lunch .. at different times so we would have someone at the booth at all times. He was also a very good public relations person....he would be on the train and suggest to those around him that they should check out the Rock Painting Booth! We had one couple come to our booth and tell us that they met this guy (they showed us his business card) and he had told them to come check us out! Pretty neat!

We folded up at 6 pm and found the camping spot down the road from the park. Very nice. We had our shower right next to the site and were under the trees so it should be nice and cool during the day. Lin treated us to supper at the Golden Coral...very nice! Lin and I are provided with 4 different outfits to wear while we are at Silver Dollar City. T.Joe decided he did not want to be in costume....but he is our big time helper for sure!

I will post more photos as the week goes by! We are so thankful that the rain held off (just a few sprinkles yesterday) until today.

We are packing our bags and rocks....going to Silver Dollar City tomorrow morning...have to be there early to unload our rocks and paints and get our costumes and go to orientation...to be with Lin Wellford for 2 weeks painting and demonstrating how to paint on rocks! I am so excited! I hope the weather cooperates a little....not too much rain. I can handle some. But, hope it won't be so bad that they have to close the park for the day!

This will be a fun adventure for sure! Lin is taking her camper so we will not have to drive back and forth each day. The park is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays because of the season so I will be able to work 2 days for the next 2 weeks and still be able to paint with Lin!

I hope to get some good photos and will post them when I get back...maybe Monday or Tuesday! That is if I have time! LOL!

Rock Painting

Rock Painting! T.Joe is posing behind his welding table that he made with brush in hand and a landscaping stone that I painted a basket of flowers on. His brother, D.D. is looking on as his granddaughter is learning to paint rocks.

T.Joe and I are going to join Lin Wellford at Silver Dollar City, an amusement park in Branson, Missouri September 12th thru the 27th (except for Mondays and Tuesdays) to demonstrate painting rocks. (Lin Wellford has 8 or 9 'How to Paint Rocks' books published.) Well...T.Joe is actually going to be 'toting the rocks' and seeing the sights in the park while Lin and I paint the rocks. What fun! They have actually approved my time off at work to do this - Wednesday thru Friday both weeks. I have no idea what part of the park we will be set up in. They will fit us with costumes Saturday morning, the 12th and we will have orientation at 8:30 that morning. The park opens at 9 am on Saturdays and 10 am on the other days. I plan to take lots of unpainted rocks to work on...and some painted ones to sell. Lin suggested I take some painted Fish rocks...so, I do have few painted. Come see us if you are in the area.