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P1 IT'S TIME TO CHECK IN WITH
THE LADIES TO SEE WHERE THEY
ARE AT TODAY.
ALSO, WHAT THEY'RE UP TO.
JOY, KAMI WHAT IS GOING ON?
HI TOM, IT'S NOT ABOUT WHERE
WE'VE BEEN BUT WHERE HAVE WE
NOT BEEN.
KAMI AND I HAVE BEEN ALL OVER
THE PLACE.
A VERY BUSY DAY AND IT'S SO
EDUCATIONAL, WE ARE ENJOYING
EVERY MINUTE.
Joy: WE ARE AND WE HAVE A
FEW PHOTOS TO SHOW YOU SOME OF
THE THINGS WE'VE DONE TODAY WE
ARE GOING TO START OFF AT THE
COURTHOUSE IN SALEM, LAUREN AND
ALISA DID A LIVE SCENE FOR THE
MORNING SHOW.
FOR AFTERNOON BREAK.
THAT WAS FUN.
ALLIE SPRING MILL, WHERE DO WE
START, MY GOODNESS.
IT IS GORGEOUS, THERE IS
THIS FOG OVER THE WATER AND
IT'S NOT LIKE THE WATER WHEEL
KIND OF MILL IT'S LIKE A TURBAN
IN THE WATER.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW REALLY HOW
TO DESCRIBE IT OTHER THAN HOW
MANY GALLONS WOULD YOU SAY
EVERY DAY?
I DON'T KNOW BUT THEY WERE
THE WATER WAS REALLY CHILLY
LIKE 50 DEGREES.
AS HE GOT CLOSER TO IT, IT WAS
ACTUALLY PRETTY COLD DOWN THERE
BUT GORGEOUS.>> ABSOLUTELY
GORGEOUS AND BY THE WAY THE
PICTURE OF THAT MILL IS ON 1/4,
MILLIONS OF GALLONS PER DAY
THEY GO THROUGH.
BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY
VISITORS AND ONE OF THE MOST
BEAUTIFUL PLACES YOU CAN BE ON
THE WATER.
ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL THING IS
THE SHACK IMMINENCE BY THE WAY
IF YOU'RE HUNGRY.
SORTED BY ACCIDENT, BLESS
HER HEART THEY OPENED UP FOR
US.
AN HOUR EARLY WE WERE THERE
AND THEY DIDN'T OPEN UNTIL
11:00 A.M. AND WE WERE THERE AT
10:00 A.M. AND THEY STARTED THE
GRILL UP AND WE HAD WONDERFUL
FOOD, DESSERT.
I HAVE A PICTURE OF THE BEST
BLT I PROMISE YOU HAVE EVER HAD
IN MY LIFE, IT'S WORTH THE
DRIVE OVER.
THEN KAYLEE HAVE THIS THING
CALLED THE AVALANCHE.
IT'S A SIZE SMALL.
YES, AS BIG AS HER HEAD.
SHE IS STILL WORKING ON THAT
ONE.
RIGHT NOW YOU MAY RECOGNIZE
WHAT IS BEHIND US.
THE LAURA INGALLS WILDER HOME
IN MANSFIELD WITH A COUPLE OF
GAS WE WANT YOU GUYS TO COME
OVER AND TALK TO US RIGHT NOW.
WE ARE IN RIGHT COUNTY, WE
HAVE VICKI JOHNSON THE BCM
SUPERVISOR AND CLINT JACKSON IS
THE MANAGER.
THIS IS SUCH A HISTORIC
PLACE AND SUCH A FAVORITE.
HOW MANY TOURISTS COME HERE
EVERY YEAR.
WE HAVE 30,000 PEOPLE THAT
VISIT EVERYWHERE.
HOW OFTEN DO YOU GIVE TOURS
THROUGHOUT THE DAY?
WE START OFF AT 9:30 A.M.
WITH THE FIRST TWO ARE AND WE
OPEN AT 9:00 A.M. AND THEN
EVERY 30 MINUTES FROM THAT
POINT AND WE FINISHED AT 4:30
P.M. AT THE END OF THE DAY FOR.
THIS IS AN INCLUSIVE THING
BUT YOU BUY ONE GET AND GET TO
SEE EVERYTHING?
YOU CAN SEE THE WHOLE
GROUNDS IN THE TOUR OF THE
MUSEUM AND THE TOUR OF THE
HOUSE AND THE SELF-GUIDED TOUR
OF THE OTHER HOUSE.
YOU GET SOMETHING I BELIEVE
IT WAS BACK IN APRIL, WE TALKED
ABOUT THIS ON "OZARKS LIVE" YOU
MIGHT REMEMBER IT'S A
CHILDREN'S LITERATURE FESTIVAL.
THIS IS NOT SOMETHING YOU'VE
DONE BEFORE BUT THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT WAS HUGELY
POPULAR AND TELL ME THE NUMBERS
ON THIS.
TELL ME WHAT YOU EXPECTED IN
TERMS OF TURNOUT AND WHAT YOU
GOT.
WE INVITED SIX AUTHORS TO
HAVE SESSIONS AND BOOK SIGNINGS
WITH CHILDREN AND IT'S THE
FIRST EVER NAMED AFTER LAURA
INGALLS WILDER AND WE CALL IT
THE LAURA INGALLS WILDER
CHILDREN'S LITERATURE FESTIVAL
HAPPENING IN LATE APRIL.THIS
TIME WE ARE MOVING IT UP TO
ABOUT THE FIRST WEEK IN MAY.
SO THAT MORE CHILDREN CAN TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF IT.
BUT WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE
HAPPY AND REALLY SATISFYING, WE
HAD 150 PEOPLE THAT
PARTICIPATED AND ENDED UP WITH
703 THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE
LITERATURE FESTIVAL.
IT WAS ALL OVER THE OZARKS.
WE JUST PUT OUT FLYERS AND ALL
THE LIBRARIES AND WENT TO
DIFFERENT SCHOOLS AND THE
REPRESENTATIVES WANT TO SPEAK
AT SCHOOLS THROUGH FEBRUARY.
IT REALLY TOOK FLIGHT AND WE
LOOK FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR.
THAT'S A GREAT LOCATION FOR
THAT.
GUESS WE ARE GOING TO HAVE
ANOTHER ONE SO WE MIGHT HAVE TO
DO THIS MORE THAN ONCE A YEAR
IT SOUNDS LIKE.
I WANT YOU TO TALK ABOUT THIS
CLINT, THERE IS SOMETHING
CALLED A FIDDLE OFF COMING ON
ANOTHER HUGE THING.
TALK ABOUT THAT.>> THIS WILL
BE OUR SIXTH YEAR AND WE
DECIDED SIX YEARS AGO THAT WE
WANTED TO DO SOMETHING
SYNONYMOUS FOR WHAT WE HAVE
HERE
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WE HAVE A FIDDLE IN
COMPETITION GOING ON HERE
NATIONWIDE.
ALL OF THE COUNTRY, JUST
FIDDLING COMPETITIONS.
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GIRL POWER, I LOVE IT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH YOU GUYS.
PLEASE COME BY AND SEE IT
BECAUSE THIS IS STILL HISTORIC
IF YOU'RE A FAN AND I'M
SURE YOU ARE, IT'LL BE
SOMETHING THAT THEY WILL NEVER
EVER FORGET.
TOM, BACK TO YOU.
Tom: JOY, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU KAMI VERY MUCH.
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN THERE?
Will: I'M NOT BEEN THERE.
Tom: THE MUSEUM IS THERE AND
THEY HAVE PAUSE FIDDLE.
Will: I READ THE BOOK.
Tom: IT'S NOT SO FAR BACK IN
HISTORY THAT IT'S ALL ABOUT
APPEAL, WANT TO LET YOU KNOW
THAT.
SUMMERS HERE WHICH MEANS WE ARE
IN THE BACKYARD AND WE LIKE
THAT.