I'm always trying to come up with a few random ideas to promote Hidey Hole Hollow and to develop the area as a Mecca for tourism. I realize that some of these ideas need a little more work and we may have to completely discard some of them for various and sundry reasons but I don't have a problem with that as long as there is solid reasoning behind tossing them.
Hidey Hole Hollow doesn't really have a lot to attract tourism but we'll just have to work with what we have. I think the first hurdle is locating Hidey Hole Hollow. We are in the north east corner of Cistern County. (Note to self, work on getting the county name changed.) We're about 30 minutes south of Pinestump Junction in Pugwash County and about an hour north of Smelly Grove; we're sunk! But plodding forward...
My first idea is to have a tour of interesting homes and gardens twice a year, in the spring and in the fall. There could be a small admission charge and the home owners could donate a portion of the fee to the town 'beautification program'. (Need to start one.) Oh, wait. This idea goes into the discard pile. You have to be in a town with majestic homes and beautiful gardens for this idea to work. Ok. scratch this idea.
Maybe we should start more simply. I like the idea of having massive, low concrete decorative troughs to hold beautiful flowers in the spring, summer and fall; the flowers can be changed out according to the season and in the winter could hold beautiful displays of pine boughs, extra large Christmas tree balls and some miniature Christmas lights. That would work. Now I just have to find funding for this project. Although this is a start, it's only a start. Flowers alone will not be enough to attract tourists. Maybe we could erect some wind mills. Nope. No good. Already been done...The Netherlands.
The next item on my 'to do list' is to arrange a meeting with the various artisans and see if they would be interested in coming together to buy a recently vacated restaurant in town and remodeling it and cleaning it up and turning it into a welcoming spot where writers, artists and musicians could have non-alcoholic beverages, soup, sandwiches and desserts. They could talk, network and introduce their work to the non-artistic community. Yay! Two good ideas; I'm on a roll.
I also thought about arranging bus tours, but we only have three stores; the Ghetto Bodega, the Dollar Boutique and the once-was hardware store. Our entire downtown area is less than 1/4 mile, so that would be the quickest bus tour in history. We're even now; two good ideas, two in the trash.
I was thinking that since Hidey Hole Hollow is so insignificant, maybe we could promote it as a razzle-dazzle weekend get away spot. We do have a Bed and Breakfast after all. No. Wait a minute. That's all we have. They even roll up the sidewalks around here at eight o'clock.
This is bad. Now I have two good ideas and three in the trash. I just have one idea left but I'm keeping this one under wraps until I have the logistics worked out. I don't want some big city marketing firm stealing this one. I'll get back with you on this one.
Tell me something Shari, how did you and your Frontiersman end up in Hidey Hole Hollow? Just curious. It would make for another good story. (Glad to hear your son-in-law is OK.)
I actually did a story on how we got here. It's called Hidey Hole Hollow, The DOJ and us.
Bill is doing better. If he still doesn't have a fever tomorrow, they will move him to a nursing home for a week or two before sending him home. It would be too much for my daughter to 'nurse' him at first.
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