The second part of my day was going to check out the Osborne Park. It wasn’t too far away from the first stop that I made, and I got directions on how to get there without going the long way around. So I thanked my tour guide at the Motor Mill and off I went. Now I was supposed to take 3 right turns if I wanted to get back into town and 2 right turns and one left turn if I wanted to go to Osborne Park. And knowing that at Osborne they were celebrating their 40th Anniversary of Heritage Days, I knew which way I was going to turn. Well I’m driving and thinking this is just so beautiful. I’m not really a fall kind of person, and don’t normally get too excited about the leaves turning colors, but holy smokes it was pretty! So I turn my first right and life is good. I even stop and take a picture of the road.
Then I go further and take another right. Yup, the next one if my left turn. And you guessed it, I came up to the next T intersection and I turned left. You know when you’re doing something and it just doesn’t feel right? Well, that’s how I felt. But it was two rights and a left so I should be good. So I’m driving and driving and I start to think.. was the first right I turned really a right turn or was it a corner? Crap! I was going the wrong way. So instead of turning around and coming back which would be the logical thing to do, I get out my phone and Google Map the way back. There just has to be a shorter way to get to this park! Well the clock was also ticking and what should have taken me maybe 10 minutes is going to take me way longer than that! But I decided not to freak out about it and just enjoy the scenery. Here’s the another photo that I took. 
I soon realized that I had absolutely no idea where I was driving, and that the roads in this county are about the most crooked roads ever! I remember one thing that the tour guide told me. She said that this county does not have any stop lights in it at all. It’s one of the few in the Nation that can say that. And after driving on some of these roads, I’m thinking that maybe they should get a couple so you knew where you were going if you got lost! So out comes my phone again and now I’m thinking that I shouldn’t have drank all that water either. I thought maybe I could find some place along the road to stop – but that didn’t happen. It seemed like someone would just be driving behind me at the most inconvenient time. OK, finally after driving around on the back roads and getting back literally to where I turned left instead of right, I was back on track. It started to rain and I hesitated to even go at this point. The festival was only going to be going for about 1 1/2 hours more. But I still had to go to the bathroom and was getting kind of hungry, so I decided that I was going to find this park no matter what! And guess what? It was so easy to find once you’re on the right road. Yea, who would have thought. So I pulled into the area and parked the car. I grabbed some money and found myself at the festival. I know that it was getting to the end of the weekend for them, but it looked kind of fun! So after checking it out, I went to find something to eat. I saw a sign that said Buffalo Stew and grabbed myself a bowl. It was really good! Here is where they made it and these are the guys that served it.
Stew cooking literally over an open fire!
How could you say no to these guys?
So after getting some stew in my belly, I found a local dairy that sells ice cream and a cup of butter brickle ice cream was next on my list. I watched an auction for awhile and also this Medicine Man entertaining some kids and then I was ready to head back home.
Medicine Man show
But I came across another stand selling some kind of sweet bread taco’s. Yum. After devouring that, I decided I better start back home. I asked some local girls which way was town and headed that way. This time I’m not planning on getting lost! Below is the history of the town and a couple of pictures that I took. Now that I know how to get here, I’d like to come back again to check it out even more. And my big purchases of the day? Two bars of homemade soap. I can hardly resist buying any homemade soap when I find it.
HISTORY : “The name of the center comes from the gentleman that first occupied this site in 1865 and named it after himself- Thomas Osborne. In 1878 Mr. Osborne began selling plots of land in order to form the town of Osborne. By 1880 Osborne had grown to include 50 full time residents, a 2 ½ story hotel, blacksmith shop, general store, grain elevator and railroad depot. However, due to low food prices the town began to fade until the town quickly shrank to less than 10 people. Today there is still one person and two dogs who boast that they live in the town of Osborne.”
Pumpkin winner!
Things were winding down when I finally got there