Exploring Arkansas
Exploring Arkansas September 2015
Season 11 Episode 8 | 26m 41sVideo has Closed Captions
Rock ‘N Roll Hwy 67, Pivot Rock, Opera In The Ozarks, Isles of Lake Ouachita
It was one stretch of highway that early rock ‘n roll singers kept hot, performing at all the various clubs that existed along old highway 67 north of Newport. Pivot Rock near Eureka Springs has been a famous Ozarks attraction for more than 100 years -even the subject of Ripley's Believe It or Not. Folk music isn't the only type of music in the Ozarks - there's also Opera In The Ozarks at Inspirat
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Exploring Arkansas September 2015
Season 11 Episode 8 | 26m 41sVideo has Closed Captions
It was one stretch of highway that early rock ‘n roll singers kept hot, performing at all the various clubs that existed along old highway 67 north of Newport. Pivot Rock near Eureka Springs has been a famous Ozarks attraction for more than 100 years -even the subject of Ripley's Believe It or Not. Folk music isn't the only type of music in the Ozarks - there's also Opera In The Ozarks at Inspirat
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipBACK IN THE 50S AND 60S WHEN SOME OF THE SOUTH RECORDING ARTISTS WERE FIRST STARTING OUT THEY PLAYED A LOT OF THE CLUBS ALONG ROUTE 67 WAR OLD HWY.
67.
GUYS LIKE ELVIS PRESLEY, JERRY LEE LEWIS, JOHNNY CASH, JOHN-AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
IN 2009, THE STRETCH OF ROAD WAS OFFICIALLY DESIGNATED AS ROCK 'N ROLL HIGHWAY 67.
WHAT BETTER WAY TO GO BACK IN TIME THAN ENOUGH 57 THUNDERBIRD.
OH, YEAH.
>>[SINGING] >> QUITE A FEW OTHER BIG-NAME PERFORMERS WERE JUST STARTING OUT IN THE 1950S THAT THE STRETCH OF HIGHWAY 67 IN NORTHEAST ARKANSAS QUITE HOT IT PERFORMING ALL THE VARIOUS CLUBS UP AND DOWN THE HIGHWAY.
>> THIS IS OLD JARVIS'S BAMBOO CLUB IN NEWPORT.
ONE OF THE FEW PLACES THAT ARE STILL STANDING FROM THAT 50S-60S ERA.
>> SONNY BURGESS OF SONNY AND THE PACERS REMINISCED WITH US ABOUT ALL THOSE EARLY ROCK 'N ROLL DAYS AT THE ROCK 'N ROLL HIGHWAY 67 MUSEUM IN NEWPORT.
>> WE GET $10 OR $40 APIECE.
THAT'S $20 WE MADE TWICE-TWO NIGHTS A WEEK.
I WAS WORKING OUT HERE AT THE BOX FACTORY.
FOR $40 A WEEK.
CAN YOU IMAGINE I'M MAKING HAVE ABOUT DOING EIGHT HOURS.
FOR WORKING 40 HOURS.
SO THAT KIND OF COMMENT GOT ME TURNED ONTO MUSIC.
WE JUST KEPT PLAYING AND GOT A LITTLE BETTER SO FINALLY, WE GET WANTED TO PLAY THE SILVER MOON BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE EVERYBODY, THE GOOD BANDS PLAY.
>> NOW, THIS WHOLE CONCRETE SLAB YEAR IN FRONT OF ME IS WHAT'S LEFT OF THE OLD SILVER MOON CLUB IN NEWPORT.
SOMEBODY COMMEMORATED THE SITE WITH A SIGN ON THE BUILDING BEHIND ME.
>> WHEN YOU WALK IN THE FRONT OF THE SILVER MOON, WHICH LOOKED AT OVER HERE.
YOU WALKED IN AND JUST A LONG BUILDING.
LATER ON, WHEN THEY ENLARGED IT, THEY BUILD IT BACK UNTIL IT HELD ABOUT 1000 PEOPLE BUT IT THAT I PROBABLY HELD 300.
THE VINCENNES WAS ON THE FAR END.
AT THE SILVER MOON CLUB.
WELL, WE GOT TO PLAYING THERE AND WE GOT-ANYWAY, WE CAME ALONG WHEN TO SEE ELVIS, AND THEN IN 55 COME AND WE ARE STILL PLAYING.
SO, THEN WENT OUT TO ELVIS AGAIN AT SILVER MOON CLUB.
THAT IS GREAT-THAT'S ONE THING I DO REMEMBER BECAUSE THEY COULD MEMORIZE A SONG LIKE HE COULD HEAR IT ONCE OR TWICE AND HE KNEW IT.
HE DID WALK BABA LOU BABA BY LITTLE RICHARD JUST CAME OUT IT WAS HOT ON THE RADIO AND HE DID IT AT BOB'S AT NIGHT AND ONLY YOU AND THE PLATTERS WHICH NO ONE ELSE WAS DOING BUT WAS NUMBER ONE ON THE CHARTS.
SO, HE HAD A GREAT MEMORY.
HE COULD REMEMBER ALL THOSE SONGS AND THEY JUST HAD A FANTASTIC ACT GOOD I THOUGHT WAS ONE OF THE BEST ROCKABILLY'S , THEY CALL IT NO, WE CALLED IT ROCK 'N ROLL, BUT HE REALLY HAD A SUPER GOOD ACT.
HE DIDN'T-IT WAS LIKE THE LAS VEGAS SHOW.
ROSS VEGAS WAS MORE SHOW THAN COST HIM.
JUST LIKE YOU WOULD PUT ON A SPORTS COAT AND SEND.
YOU GOT UP AND SANG.
HE WAS THE GREATEST ENTERTAINER THAT EVER LIVED.
IT'S JUST A SHAME.
THE PEOPLE IN EUROPE AND THE WORLD OVER COULD NOT HAVE HEARD ELVIS WHEN HE WAS FOR PIECES.
THAT WAS WHEN HE WAS TRUE TRUE MUSIC.
THEY WERE GREAT IN LAS VEGAS AND YOU HAD A BIG BAND AND 15 BACKUP SINGERS AND SO FORTH.
BUT HE HAD SUCH A GOOD VOICE, HE DIDN'T REALLY NEED ALL THAT.
>> THAT'S TRUE.
>> COMING UP OVER HERE IS THE OLD CANDY WHITE RADIO STATION IN NEWPORT.
WITH HER TO STOP THESE WERE BIT SPENDING ALL HIS HIT RECORDS.
>> THIS WAS ALSO THE RADIO STATION WHERE SONNY AND HIS BAND AT THEIR BIG BREAK.
>> GOT ON ON SATURDAYS.
30 MIN.
SHOW.
WE GOT WE HAVE HIT THE BIG TIME, THEN.
>> SONNY BURGESS AND THE PAGE PACERS ALSO TOURED THE JOHNNY CASH AND ROY ORBISON.
>> HE WAS ONE OF THE FUNNIEST GUYS.
HE WAS REALLY FUNNY GUY.
A GREAT GUITAR PLAYER.
MOST PEOPLE DO NOT REALIZE HE WAS A REALLY GOOD GUITAR PLAYER.
BUT HE ALWAYS HAD THESE GLASSES LIKE I'M WEARING.
THEY WERE PRESCRIPTION GLASSES.
SO HE SAID I'M GOING TO PULL THEM OFF OF THE GIRLS DON'T LIKE GUYS WITH GLASSES.
BACK THEN IN THE 50S.
SO HE SAID DOMI GET TOO FAR IN FRONT OF THE-IF I GET TOO FAR OFF THE STAGE, -I SAID OKAY.
SO WE MUST WATCH AND MAKE SURE.
BUT HE DID KNEW ANYTHING BUT MOVIES LIKE RIGHT LEG.
I DON'T THINK HE EVER MOVED.
BUT HE WAS REALLY FUNNY.
AND SUPER GOOD MUSICIAN.
>> BURGESS ALSO SHARED WITH US A LITTLE KNOWN FACT ABOUT BEING ON THE ROAD WITH ORBISON.
>> TRAVELED 1,000,000 MILES WITHIN.
NEVER BOUGHT A NICKEL'S WORTH OF GAS.
THE MOTEL ROOMS WERE PAID FOR.
WE BOOK A ROOM SO THERE WERE FOUR OF US DID WE TAKE TWO BEDS, TWO TO A BED.
WE GET BUNTON AND HE DIDN'T ROLL ROLLAWAY BED AND ROLE IN THAT ROOM WITH US.
NOW THE THREE BEDS IN THIS ROOM AND YOU'RE WALKING ON BEDS.
GOT A ROLLAWAY FOR FIVE DOLLARS.
>> IT WAS A WONDERFUL JOURNEY THROUGH LIFE.
I'D GIVE ANYTHING TO PUT IT ON THE CAMERA.
THAT WAS A BAD THING IS BACK THEN NOBODY HAD A CAMERA.
BUT HE NOW HAS A PHONE THAT'S GOT A CAMERA.
YOU CAN TAKE HUNDREDS OF PICTURES, BUT BACK THEN, I DIDN'T HAVE A CAMERA.
I PROBABLY WOULD'VE TAKEN THEM.
-MIKE MIGHT'VE HAD A BROWNIE BUT WHO KNEW HOW TO OPERATE GET THIS THINK OF ALL THE PEOPLE WE GOT PICTURES OF.
WHICH DON'T EXIST NOWADAYS.
YOU MEET SO MANY WONDERFUL PEOPLE.
THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN MUSIC BUSINESS.
IT'S A TOUGH BUSINESS.
AND IT TAKES A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TOUGHNESS AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT ALWAYS ATTRIBUTED TO HAROLD JENKINS, WHO TURNED INTO CONVERTS WOODY.
HAROLD WOULD BE A START.
HE WANTED IT BAD.
AND HE, HE WANTED SO BAD HE NEGLECTED OTHER THINGS JUST TO BE THAT STARTED I THINK THAT'S WHAT DRIVES MOST OF THOSE GUYS TO BE START.
I DON'T THINK WE REALLY HAD THAT I CAN I KNOW WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT RIGHT.
I DIDN'T.
IT'S A GOOD TIME.
WITH GO ONTO THE NEXT TIME.
MORE GIRLS, MORE SONGS.
>> OH, YEAH.
WERE ROCKING AND ROLLING OUT.
OH.
>> PIVOT ROCK IS ONE OF THOSE ROCK FORMATIONS IN THE NATURAL STATE THAT THEY MUST SEE.
IT JUST WRITES OUT OF EUREKA SPRINGS AND TAKES ABOUT, OH, 20 MIN.
WALK OR SO BUT IT'S WELL WORTH IT.
>> THE FIRST THING YOU'LL COME TO AFTER ONLY ABOUT 50-60 OR SO FEET DOWN THE TRAIL IS THIS LITTLE NATURAL BRIDGE.
IT'S KIND OF COOL LOOKING.
>> NOW, ACCORDING TO LEGEND AND FOLKLORE, THIS ENTIRE AREA WAS A HIDEOUT FOR JESSE JAMES AND THE JAMES YOUNGER GANG THE NOTORIOUS BAND OF TRAI TRAIN AND BANK ROBBERS.
>> BLUFF AND VARIOUS ROCK FORMATIONS LINED THE-INCLUDING NICK HAYES.
WHICH WOULD INDEED MAKE THIS AREA THE PERFECT HIDEOUT PLACE FOR ANY OUTLAW.
>> BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, IN ABOUT 20-30 MIN.
DEPENDING ON HOW MANY STOPS YOU MAKE, PIVOT ROCK JUTS OUT AT YOU LIKE SOME HUGE TOP.
PIVOT ROCK, LIKE MANY ROCKS ACROSS THE STATE, IS ONE OF THOSE FORMATIONS WHERE YOU KIND OF JUST LOOK AT IT AND YOU WONDER, HOW IN THE WORLD IS A BALANCING LIKE THIS?
AMAZING.
>>> STANDING 23 FEET TALL, AND ABOUT 15 FEET ACROSS AT THE TOP, THE BASE IS ONLY 18 INCHES WIDE.
THEY CAME THIS QUITE A BALANCING ACT.
>>> NEEDLESS TO SAY, PIVOT ROCK HAS BEEN A FAMOUS OZARK ATTRACTION FOR A LONG TIME.
>> IT'S BEEN OVER 100 YEARS.
WAY OVER 100 YEARS.
IT GOES GENERATIONS AND BRING RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT >> THIS WAS AN OLD FARM?
>> YES.
THE GRANDPARENTS HAD A FARM HERE.
AT ONE TIME I THINK THEY HAD A COUPLE CATTLE, BUT, YES, THEY MADE THEIR OWN LIVING OUT HERE.
>> SO, THAT LEGEND WERE FULL WHERE ABOUT JESSE JAMES OR WHOEVER ELSE, THAT PRETTY MUCH >> YES, I WAS TOLD THEY WERE SOARING FOUNDER WAS AN OLD MAN THAT WOULD DELIVER FOOD FOR JESSE JAMES.
YES.
>>> JUST A FEW YARDS DOWN FROM PIVOT ROCK IS THIS SHADY SPOT COULD PERFECT FOR A PICNIC LUNCH BEFORE HEADING BACK.
EXCEPT ALL I HAVE IS WATER.
>>> IT'S CALLED INSPIRATION POINTS.
WEST OF EUREKA SPRINGS, JUST OFF HIGHWAY 62, AND IF YOU SPEND A LITTLE TIME HERE YOU WILL GET INSPIRED.
THIS AREA ALSO HAPPENS TO BE THE SETTING OF ONE OF THE OLDEST SUMMER FESTIVALS AROUND.
OPERA IN THE OZARKS.
>>[SINGING] >> INSPIRATION POINT HAS BEEN POETICALLY DESCRIBED AS A MALENESS PLACE NOT TOO MANY MILES FROM HEAVEN OVERLOOKING THE WHITE RIVER VALLEY DIRT NEAR EUREKA.
APPROPRIATELY SO, OPERA IN THE OZARKS AT INSPIRATION POINT HAS BEEN ONGOING SINCE 1950.
>>[SINGING] >> DR. ISAAC VAN GROVE WAS THE ACCOMPANIST FOR THE GREAT LEGENDARY TENOR CARUSO HAD THE VISION TO ABOUT OPERA SINGERS AND FOR SOME REASON HE CAME TO INSPIRATION POINT OUTSIDE EUREKA SPRINGS AND BUILD IT WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF MUSIC CLUBS AND OTHER SUPPORTERS AND OVER THE YEARS THOUSANDS OF SINGERS HAVE COME THROUGH HERE.
MANY OF GUN ONTO A ILLUSTRIOUS CAREERS ON THE GREATEST AGES ALL OVER THE LAW.
THE SCHOLAR THE LIST OF ALUMNI IS TRULY REMARKABLE.
>>[SAYING] >> THIS ANNUAL SUMMER OPERA FESTIVAL HELD FOR ABOUT MID-JUNE TO MID-JULY.
TODAY WE ATTENDED A TASTE OF THE OPERA WAS HELD FIRST AT THE CRESCENT HOTEL.
>> SINGING] >> I ALWAYS KNEW I WANTED TO BE A SINGER.
MY MOM WAS A SINGER AND MY PARENTS-SO I GREW UP GOING TO THEIR-LISTENING TO MY MOM SAYING.
I ALWAYS KNEW AND I STARTED TAKING VOICE LESSONS WHEN I WAS 13.
MY VOICE TEACHER WAS AN OPERA SINGER.
SHE SEEMED TO THINK THAT WAS SOMETHING I WAS MEANT TO DO.
I'VE ALWAYS FELT SINGING WAS WHAT I WANTED TO DO.
>>[SINGING] >> LATER IN THE EVENING, OPERA IN THE OZARKS CONTINUES AT INSPIRATION POINT IN THE SEMI-OUTDOOR AMPHITHEATER WITH PRODUCTION LOT LA CENERENTOLA-CINDERELLA.
>> [MUSIC AND SINGING] >> I LOVE THE ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE THE STORY.
YOU KNOW, ALL OPERA IS JUST CONVEYING HUMAN EMOTIONS THAT YOU AND I BOTH FEEL,, BUT IT'S SORT OF FEELS LIKE MY JOB TO SORT OF HELP OTHERS, YOU KNOW, SUSPEND REALITY AND LIVE IN THIS OTHER WORLD FOR A MOMENT AND FORGET THE REST OF THE WORLD AND JUST HAVE THE ABILITY TO BRING ANOTHER STORY.
US COMPOSERS, THE MOST OPERA COMPOSERS ARE DEAD BY NOW SO IT SORT OF HELPING THEM LIVE ON AND TRANSCEND TIME.
SO, I THINK IT'S REALLY SPECIAL TO DO THAT.
>>[ SINGING] >> WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THE OPERA IS THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT NOT EVERYBODY DOES.
BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE WHO COME AND WATCH AN OPERA FOR THE FIRST TIME, THEY ALWAYS END UP LEAVING SAME, I GLAD I DID THAT.
SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE-IT'S KIND OF LIKE YOU WANT TO BE A DYING ART FORM AND WE ARE THE SPIDERS TRYING TO SURVIVE AND IT ALWAYS SEEMS TO WORK.
THE MORE PEOPLE WE RECRUIT FOR THE CAUSE OF OPERA IS WHAT KEEPS ME GOING AND WHAT KEEPS ME INTERESTED IN IT.
>>[SINGING] >> SOME PEOPLE GET IT.
YOU KNOW, THEY GET THAT THIS ACCOUNT.
SOME PEOPLE DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND THIS VOICE-ONE OF TO GET A REAL JOB BUT YOU DO IT BECAUSE IT'S WHAT YOU'RE CALLED TO DO.
IT'S WHAT YOU FEEL IS THE ONLY THING THAT YOU CAN DO.
>>[SINGING] >> LAKE QUACHITA IS OF COURSE ARKANSAS LARGEST LAKE.
DEPENDING ON THE WATER LEVEL, THERE'S ANYWHERE FROM 100-200 HIGHLANDS ON THIS LAKE.
NEEDLESS TO SAY, YOU CAN GO ISLE HOPPING UNTIL YOUR HEARTS CONTENT.
WE SET OUT ON OUR ISLE HOPPING EXCURSION WITH LAKE QUACHITA STATE PARK INTERPRETER SUSAN ATKINS.
ONE ISLAND IN PARTICULAR THAT'S REALLY POPULAR ESPECIALLY WITH CAMPERS, HIS HOTEL ISLAND, WHICH IS LOCATED JUST ABOUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LAKE.
>> FIRST AND FOREMOST, SUSAN, I GUESS FOLKS LIKE TO COME OUT AND JOIN THE ISLAND OF LAKE QUACHITA BY CAMPING OUT QUITE >> YES.
A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE TO COME UP TO LAKE QUACHITA OF THE HUNDREDS OF VIOLENCE WE HAVE.
OFTEN TIMES THEY COME UP HERE AND CAMP.
YOU CAN HAVE YOU CAN CAMP >> THE OTHER INTERESTING THING THAT FOLKS CAN EXPLORE IS FOR INSTANCE, HURON HOTEL ISLAND, IS ALWAYS SO-CALLED MINI CASE.
>> RIGHT.
THIS IS A REALLY INTERESTING ISLAND GEOLOGICALLY.
THIS WATER UNIQUE FORMATIONS AROUND THIS ISLAND.
IT REALLY DRAWS PEOPLE IN.
PEOPLE COMING TO SEE THAT MANY CASE.
THE NONTRADITIONAL CASE THEY MIGHT FIND IN THE OZARK MOUNTAINS.
THE QUACHITA MOUNTAINS WERE FORMED A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY THAN MANY OTHER MOUNDS WERE FAMILIAR WITH AND THE QUACHITA MOUNT RANGES IF YOU LOOK THE ROCK AROUND THIS YOU NOTICE THE SEDIMENTARY ROCK LAYERS WHICH TRADITIONALLY DEFINED IN LAYERS, LAYERS UPON LAYERS OF ROCK, SEDIMENTARY ROCK LAYERS HERE HAVE SEVERELY AND TREMENDOUSLY IMPACTED BY THE NATURAL FORCES.
THE SHAPES THAT YOU SEE >> THIS PROCESS WE MIGHT POINT OUT, BIKE OTHER CAVES, WHICH TOOK THOUSANDS, MILLIONS OF YEARS, IT WAS ACTUALLY STARTED IN 1953 WHEN THE DAM WAS BUILT TO FORM THE LAKE >> YES.
IS BASICALLY SET UP BY LAKE QUACHITA.
THAT'S FOR SURE.
IF YOU LOOK AROUND FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF ROCKS YOU CAN FIND A LOT OF STANDS SEWN IN THE FORM OF SHALE.
YOU CAN FIND SOME COURTS.
WE FIND SOME LIMESTONE.
RIGHT LITTLE LIMESTONE, BUT A LOT OF THE MATERIAL IN THIS PARTICULAR ISLAND IS A LINE.
VON TENDS TO-FAIRLY QUICKLY WITH A LITTLE BIT OF WIND AND WATER.
SO ONCE LAKE QUACHITA WAS HERE AND WAVES START POUNDING THE SHORELINE THAT PROCESS REALLY SPED UP AND ARE USING OUR DAYS >> WE CAN DEMONSTRATE THAT HERE WITH A COUPLE OF THE ROCKS >> OF IT.
HERE ARE SOME OF THE COURTS YOU MIGHT FIND ON THE ISLAND.
THIS IS NOT YOUR TRADITIONAL QUARTZ CRYSTAL.
THIS MORIBUND MILKY QUARTZ WITH SOME IRON AND SO FORTH AND ATTACHED IS SOME SANDSTONE DID I WANT YOU TO TRY TO BREAK A PIECE IN HALF.
A LITTLE BIT HARDER >> NO WAY >> TRY THIS.
THIS A PIECE OF SHALE AND THE ISLAND IS COVERED IN SHALE.
WE A LOT OF SHALE BEACHES.
TRY SHALL TRY TO BREAK THAT ONE >> YES, >> QUITE EASILY.
THAT'S GOT A LOT WEAKER MATERIAL HOLDING IT TOGETHER.
AS OPPOSED TO THIS COURTS.
SO WHEN YOU HAVE WEAKER MATERIAL IT CAN BE IMPACTED A LOT MORE BY THE WIND AND THE WAVES.
>> ON CHECKERBOARD ISLAND, NAMED AFTER THE CHECKERBOARD PATTERN OF THE EXPOSED ROCK, YOU CAN FIND SOME FOSSILS.
>> THIS PART OF ARKANSAS WAS ACTUALLY PART OF THE DEEP OCEAN BASIN AT ONE TIME.
WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF FOSSILS THAT YOU MIGHT FIND ANY OZARKS AGAIN BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF LIMESTONE AND HERE, YOU MIGHT FIND JUST A FEW FOSSILS IN THE MAIN ONES WILL FIND OUR [INAUDIBLE].
MACRO INVERTEBRATES YOU MIGHT FIND.
ALONG THE SHALE AND INSIDE THE SHALE AND BETWEEN THE LAYERS.
TRADITIONALLY ONLY FIND HIM ON A FEW ISLAND.
I LIKE THE MANY CASE.
DR. FIND A MINI CASE ON EVERY OBJECT YOU NOT TO FIND THE-ON EVERY ISLAND EITHER.
>> CHECKERBOARD AND HOTEL ISLANDS ARE ACTUALLY ALONG THE QUACHITA OUACHITA GEO FLOAT.
JUST NORTH OF MOTHER NATURES BE JOHN HOTEL ISLAND IS MY FAVORITE, A CAVE WE WILL CALL HOTEL CAVE.
THIS WITHOUT A DOUBT IS OF COURSE THE LARGEST CAVE ON LAKE QUACHITA AND NO DOUBT ABOUT IT, THE FOCAL POINT HERE ON HOTEL ISLAND.
THIS IS ALSO WHERE OUR PARK INTERPRETER CAME UPON A DISCOVERY.
>> I CAME UP HERE EXPLORING ARKANSAS, EXPLORING THIS DATE AND I DISCOVERED A FOSSIL RIGHT HERE IN THIS ROCK.
WHICH I DIDN'T KNOW WE HAD.
I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHAT KIND OF FOSSIL IT IS.
SO I'VE TAKEN SOME PICTURES AND WILL GO BACK AND DO SOME RESEARCH AND SEE WHAT WE HAVE HERE.>> STUMBLING UPON THIS CAVE, IN FACT IS A SPECIAL SURPRISE FOR QUITE A FEW FOLKS WHO GO ISLE HOPPING ON LAKE QUACHITA.
>> WE DID NOT KNOW ABOUT IT.
WE'VE ONLY BEEN ON THE LAKE FOR CODING A COUPLE TIMES.
SO WE HEADED OUT TOWARDS MOUNT HARBOR LAST TIME AND COME THE OPPOSITE WAY THIS TIME TOWARDS QUACHITA CASE.
THE KIDS WANT TO GO NUTS AND EXPLORE CASE.
SO WE JUST HAPPEN TO STUMBLE UPON THIS ONE >> WHAT WERE YOUR THOUGHTS WHEN YOU SEE THIS?
>> MY THOUGHTS WERE HEY, WAIT A MINUTE BEFORE YOU GO IN THERE AND LET ME TAKE A LOOK FIRST.
IT WOULD STOP KIDS.
THEY WERE HEADED ON BEFORE I COULD GET THE BOAT PARKED.
>> WHEN YOU FIRST SAW THIS, WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THESE DAYS?
>> IT WAS PRETTY COOL WHEN I FIRST SAW IT.
>> YOU DID A LITTLE BIT OF EXPLORING IN HERE?
>> YES, SIR >> DID YOU FIND ANYTHING?
>> WE FOUND A FOSSIL.
>> A FOSSIL?
>> YES >> COOL.
HAVE YOU NOTICED KIND OF THE FACES IN THE WALL?
>> YES >> YES.
HAVE YOU BETTER COMMUNICATE BEFORE?
>> NO >> SO THIS IS QUITE AN INTERESTING EXPERIENCE FOR YOU?
>> YES >> BRAXTON, WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> YES.
>> YES.
YOU SECOND THAT.
>>> SO, EXPLORE THE ISLES OF LAKE QUACHITA FOR YOURSELF ALONG WITH A LITTLE CAVE EXPLORATION.
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