During our first spring after moving to Conway, the back way home from the church we attended took us through the community of Wye. The Wye Mountain Community Church hosts an annual daffodil festival in a seven-acre field next to the church building. Back in the 1920’s, a church family planted flowers here to sell in Little Rock. Not long after that, the festival began. The church sells bulbs as a fundraiser.
Stopping mid-day on a Sunday was not a smart move. The narrow road over the mountain was lined with cars for at least half a mile. We found a spot sandwiched between the road and a ditch and walked, dodging traffic, to the church. There were a handful of food trucks and other vendors, and a big field full of daffodils. And people. We walked out into the field and looked around for a couple minutes, then made the long walk back to the car.
I think our impression of the whole thing can best be displayed by the fact that we live a half hour from the place and haven’t been back. I’m not a big fan of daffodils anyway.