Monday, October 31, 2016

Visiting Siloam Springs

Our next stop was Siloam Springs, Arkansas to visit Bob's parents. We arrived mid-afternoon and got set up in their driveway. Since Sol is longer than the Windsport was, we can no longer park our car behind the rig. Bob and Dot's neighbors graciously let us park in their driveway as long as they got the 35 cent tour of Sol before we left.

Our big adventure while in Siloam was to take Bob and Dot to Vinita, Oklahoma, for the Second Annual Pumpkin Chunkin' and Chili Cook-off. We took them in style! We drove Sol and towed the CRV since we didn't know what parking restrictions we might run into. As it turns out, we parked Sol at the local Wally World and drove to John's Tractors where the event was being held. The field looked a little too mushy for Sol.
 We enjoyed picking our favorite chili...most of our votes went to the local firefighters. They made some good chili. My other favorite was the elk chili. Not the club, but the animal.
 It took a while for the pumpkin chunkers to get going. Since this was only the second annual event for Vinita, they did pretty good, but I bet they learned some, too!
 All of the chunkers loaded and fired at different times. We could follow most  pumpkins with our eyes, but some went so fast, we couldn't see where they landed.
 They save the best for last. Colossal Thunder took a while to get loaded, but once it fired, the pumpkin went out of sight! It must have flown over a half mile into a farmer's field. When it landed, it scared the grazing cows and they took off running for the barn!

Another adventure was our trip to a gas station southwest of Siloam, in Oklahoma. Now I can hear you saying, "why was that an adventure?" I'll tell you. That gas station had a restaurant that served one of the best steaks Bob and I have ever eaten! The Double R & P Gas and Grill only serves steaks on Friday nights, but they are well worth the trip if you are ever in the area!

We enjoyed our trip to Siloam, but it was time to move on toward home. There was an Arkansas State Park I wanted to check out this trip so that would be our next stop.

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